If anybody wanted to photograph my life, they'd get bored in a day. 'Heres Matt at home learning his lines. Here's Matt researching in aisle six of his local library'. A few hours of that and they'd go home.

Our kids are growing up with more privilege than we had; that's true for most of my friends in L.A. I don't know any actor who grew up with any particular privilege, so everyone wrestles with this. And I think, a lot of times, it's about being patient with your kids.

If Brad Pitt walked down the street, cars would crash into each other. I'm really lucky not to have to deal with that.

It was shameful and embarrassing that there were two years in a row without a single actor of color nominated. That's insane.

I think it's something that the citizenry needs to be vigilant about - participating in democracy, and that includes issues like what's going on and how much secrecy and transparency there should be. That's an on-going thing - in a democracy you want checks and balances and oversight, but you need a covert agency to protect the country. It's a very tricky balance and I think it changes as the world changes and I think we all need to be mindful of that.

Maybe if we sit out for the next few years and let Clint Eastwood get a little experience, he's going to be a good director.

If you can't help people, then what is the point of being successful?