People are worried about the degree to which corporate interest is starting to threaten human interest.

The film industry needs to confront the physical footprint of the way films get made.

What has always been most interesting about acting to me personally is that it affords you the chance to shift gears, both in terms of the experiences you get to have through doing it, but also the different kinds of things you get to represent.

Basically, I think 21st century conservation is moving toward preserving ecosystems by dealing with the needs of people.

I'm a New Yorker, you know.

Popularity is the slutty little cousin of prestige, my friend.

I'm an actor, and, beyond that, the thing I do most compulsively is writing. So I come at it very much from this sense of character. I get interested in people. And I feel confident in my capacity to absorb and manifest the characteristics of people. I have a real auditory hang-up for dialogue; re-creating the way people talk really is an addiction in my brain.