Maybe you will be afraid and maybe you will fail, but the courage to take risks in any part of your life is, I feel, a very worthwhile way to live.

The genres are widening. I don't think that there's as many limitations on the kinds of projects that actors can do as there once was.

A lot of the stuff in 'Speed Racer' has never been done before, from it having a multi-tone, to it having a retro-cool family movie, to having the photo-realism with the CG-backgrounds and infinite focus the way they worked with these digital cameras, to even the color experimentation.

I identify with someone wanting something to work out, but not being able to get through the rocks to the river.

I've definitely had ideas and plans that sometimes exceed my means and capabilities.

I was so grateful to have made 'Into the Wild' before I made 'Speed Racer' because on 'Speed Racer' I was indoors every single day, every single scene, on a green screen. Some of the time, just to pass the time, I would think back to climbing mountains in Alaska. That really helped me.

I'm not staying away from any genre. I'm trying to get scripts that I like.