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.

I am a surfer, though quite a poor one.

I think it's so incredibly special to be able to try to recapitulate that feeling I had when I was sitting in that theater, as a 7-year-old. It's an extraordinary job. I'm incredibly lucky.

All I can say is that with 'The Golden Compass,' I didn't get to make the movie I had planned to make. When I look at the film, at the casting and certain scenes, I'm very happy. As for the final product, I can't vouch for that.

People like to be able to identify a brand, and I don't really have one.

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.