When we protect the places where the processes of life can flourish, we strengthen not only the future of medicine, agriculture and industry, but also the essential conditions for peace and prosperity.

The basic skill of an actor is, in fact, empathy, and that's maybe not a skill, it's a disposition. I am an assistant storyteller. I enjoy feeling useful to a team effort. It's my way of finding a use for myself, a utility in this world.

Behind every great man is a woman. Telling him he's not so hot.

There is no child left within me, none whatsoever.

I think you have to be very careful with effects that they don't overpower the story with the visual element.

What I look for is identifying what the utility of a character is to the telling of the story overall. If I can identify that from reading the script, then I've got a clear idea of whether or not I think the character is worth playing.

Bikes and planes aren’t about going fast or having fun; they’re toys, but serious ones.