You have to find your tone and work within that to make it as real so the audience can really engage in the story you're telling.

I like to think of myself as a character actor, though there's some redundancy in that...

Sometimes you feel you're making something really special and when it comes out you might still feel that way but for some reason it doesn't get the audience. So many things have to come together to get a creatively successful and financially successful film.

If you're like me, I get hooked into to-do lists, you know. I'll say I checked that off. Okay, I did that. And you have all these things you're doing.

I'm a pretty basic surfer.

I'm also working closely with a group called the Amazon Conservation Team, helping with the rainforest in South America.

The Oscar nomination is great. It's a great pat on the back. And I like that.