A vital film that needed to be made at this point in history and has been made magnificently.

When I did 'Babe' I wanted to talk about animal rights without going through some convoluted justifications about using animal products.

First lead [in a movie] requires a different approach like trying not to give it all away in the first scene. It is a skill, a learned skill.

I started in theatre. I was at Cleveland and I went to London for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth.

The kids know me from 'Babe,' but usually it is 'L.A. Confidential' that people remember, which was the second film I did. I have worked with some really good people and the films that I've done for the most part have been good.

Authority is the assumption that someone else knows better than you.

Often we're recreating what we think we're supposed to be as human beings. What we've been told we're supposed to be, instead of who we authentically are. The key about the creation of full self-expression is to be authentically who you are, to project that.