People need to start to think about the messages that they send in the movies.

I had gone to school to work on technique and found it wasn't something that was really worthwhile to me, although it probably was.

Just that working with Clint again is like coming home.

Still, it can be more effective to accomplish what you need to accomplish with the minimum effort. Watch Anthony Hopkins. He doesn't appear to be doing anything. He is so still that you can't see him working, but you are drawn into his character through his very stillness.

If I wasn't acting, I have no clue what I'd be doing 'cause I have no other talent.

Fatigue, discomfort, discouragement are merely symptoms of effort.

The main thing about awards in movies is that they can serve as an economic surge for the film. If you're movie gets nominated for any award it does it a big favour. People might go and see it again... they won't give up on it.