The reason that stepmothers are often the bad guy in fairy tales is because people died in childbirth, all the time, so fathers remarried and there would be a struggle between the children and the new wife, in terms of who would inherit what.

I am a surfer, though quite a poor one.

I often make movies that involve depression or deep holes of sadness, although there are also these other great things in 'New Moon,' like this epic set-piece at the end of the film in Italy.

The Internet is a fantastic, strange place where you can write an open letter and be reasonably assured that people are going to read it.

Don't you get it? It's the end of the world! That's exactly when you fall in love. When else?

Having been dumped so many times in my life, I thought I could sympathize with Bellas character.

I try to put out fires when bizarre rumors get started.