Work takes me away from my wife, Sue, and my life in Santa Barbara.

The more space and emptiness you can create in yourself, then you can let the rest of the world come in and fill you up.

It's like that perfection thing, trying to be that thing you're not. You have to feel that discomfort and not try to get rid of it. Accept that aspect and get into it. Acknowledge those feelings and let them be. You are who you are.

You know, I thought we could use a good myth about technology to help guide us through these particular modern waters right now.

He [Michael Cimino] wasn't the typical filmmaker. I don't know if he had more in him, he certainly had a lot of scripts. I know he wrote a hell of a lot.

What are the aspects of yourself that line up with the character? You magnify those, and the ones that don't match up you kind of kick to the curb.

I don't have too much time to jam with the rest of Hollywood.