I'm a big history buff so to walk the streets...the ancient world like that was pretty astounding.

That's the magic of moviemaking. You clearly identify one scenario with the other, and it's a completely different experience.

I think the environmental movement is the biggest people's movement in the world. Unfortunately, our governments and corporations haven't responded accordingly to protect our planet's natural resources.

It's amazing to completely focus on something for four, five or six months, have it completely consume your life and be constantly thinking about somebody else's set of circumstances and how they would react to something. I find it fascinating. It's rewarding and on a professional and personal level.

I think it's a real danger, as an actor, when you try to make some statement through your career about what the business should be doing or ultimately what your image should be or how you want to be perceived. I look at every project that comes along and say, "Is this something I can sink my teeth into and can do a good job on?" That's really how I choose roles.

If you're gonna let the character be the story, you better set a tone that allows the actors to do the best work they can do.

As a little kid growing up in Hollywood, I was called 'a little crazy'. And now I guess I'm still that way.