Artistic ambition is important. And it seems it would be a great time to do some theatre, like a new extreme.

Brokeback Mountain' just blew me away. I'll always remember talking to Heath Ledger just after he finished that movie and he was going on about working with Ang and how incredible he was.

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 a very, very conservative driver.

Believe it or not, I got into the charismatic, shady, sly heart of Sedgewick Bell by watching CNN and C-SPAN.

Artistic ambition is important. And it seems it would be a great time to do some theatre, like a new extreme.

In Dogtown, skateboards are like bikes to the Chinese.