It was there that, through a mutual friend, I met John Waters - proving what I've always said: you meet the best people on field trips.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I met John when I was 18 and I was in my first John Waters film when I was 19.
I'd like to work with John Waters. I grew up in Maryland, so I'm a huge Waters fan.
I used to go out with someone who was a really great diver, and we used to go to all the great dive spots all over the globe - although I would spend most of my time crying because I was often too scared to go into the water. But once I was in the water, I loved it.
I saw and I met a lot of people who were in the field. It also provided a context in which I came to respect what the actor did, because I saw how difficult it actually was to do.
That was our first major tour and we got a chance to play in front of like 5000 people every day so it was like a Rock and Roll boot camp for us really, we learned a lot and made a lot of good friends.
Traveling to swimming meets took me beyond my small-town existence, gave me a hint of the exciting world outside of my own home.
John Waters has certainly gotten to a place in his life where he doesn't do anything he doesn't want to do. He's always been that way, but at this point, he's greatly respected for it.
A few months into my research, General Petraeus, who was then leading Central Command, invited me to go for a run with him and his team along the Potomac River during one of his visits to Washington. I figured I could interview him while we ran.
I don't know John Riggins. I mean, I've met him a few times, and I had dinner with him once.
I met my wife, Jennifer, while sitting next to her on the airplane on the way to England. I was heading to Oxford as a Marshall scholar.