The most interesting characters are those you're drawn to, then repelled by, and then come to understand. All that tension - I live that. But I don't plan the tension. It's just something that should happen.

I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously.

Often Hollywood crews go into third world countries and I don't believe they behave well.

The bond between mother and baby is so interesting. Women have been giving birth since the beginning of time, but when it happens to you it feels like a miracle.

I have absolutely no empathy for camels. I didn't care for being abused in the Middle East by those horrible, horrible, horrible creatures. They don't like people. It's not at all like the relationship between horses and humans.

You get perspective on things when you're away from your child, and in a way, your love for them becomes even deeper.

Fear is like the steam that fires the combustion engine. You need fear to get a performance going.