If I had a bucket list, I'd say raising my four girls to be strong, good women would be No. 1.

As actors, we react to the material that's out there, and I probably just react more strongly to things that I feel will have some social value.

You know, a one-term president with some balls who actually got stuff done would have been, in the long run of the country, much better.

The only sci-fi movie that I've ever been offered that, had circumstances been different, I would have definitely done, was 'Avatar.' And I literally couldn't do it because of my schedule. But listening to James Cameron talk about 'Avatar' was so fascinating. Because he literally invented the world in his mind - and it literally existed.

Poverty feeds into the clean-water crisis, which contributes to hunger, and so on. There's undeniable interconnectivity among these issues. Just one of these problems can be deadly on its own, but in the most disadvantaged areas there is a perfect storm of problems. And it takes its greatest toll on children.

Listen, here's the thing. If you can't spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, then you ARE the sucker.

I'd had people say, 'You'll enjoy being famous for a week, and you'll never enjoy it again'. But I don't think I had that week. I may have been working and missed that moment.