Patricia Sheridan's Breakfast With ... Andrew McCarthy  Share
with others:  Print Email Read Later  Forever known as one of
the 1980s Brat Pack, actor Andrew McCarthy has expanded his
horizons well beyond early films such as "St. Elmo's Fire,"
"Weekend at Bernie's" and "Pretty in Pink." Although he still
acts and directs, he's taken on a second career as travel
writer, contributing to National Geographic and other magazines.
He recently published "The Longest Way Home: One Man's Quest for
the Courage to Settle Down" (Free Press). It's part memoir, part
travel story and a search for answers that journeys through the
human experience. At 50, the New Jersey native is on his second
marriage and has two children. He is starring in Hallmark
Channel's original movie "Come Dance With Me." It airs at 8 p.m.
Tuesday and noon Sunday.  In the movie you dance. So I wondered:
In real life, can you dance?  No, not a lick. My wife is a big
dancer, and she's always trying to get me to go dancing and I'm
always resisting going