If you run an Internet search on Vietnam and the war, most of the information you get begins at about 1962. I think this is telling. It is missing the whole period that led up to the reasons the war happened in the first place.

Ian McKellen is brilliant with research. I paid really close attention to the sources he goes to. He's a very, very intelligent man.

I suppose if it has a practical purpose, I appreciate a pat on the back. I suppose it's rewarding, ultimately.

I guess darkness serves a purpose: to show us that there is redemption through chaos. I believe in that. I think that's the basis of Greek mythology.

In L.A., nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass.

Elizabeth Hurley and I had a lot of fun together. She's a very beautiful, confident woman.

Horrible things happen, but were they horrible? No, they were just circumstances of the world.