Well I think on a simple ecological level that the diversity of this planet is important for our survival, that all of our different cultures, people are important to the health of the whole the same way that a species of animal should be saved and at a simple ecology level.

I have no sense of time, and I'm a dreamer.

A lot of making a movie is the comfort level of the people. It's just feeling open. We need to get along. We have to know something about each other.

I find that you can use an acting technique when the thing isn't working, not that you make the technique the end result of your work. You use the technique when you're in trouble and things aren't flowing the way they should. It's a way of fooling yourself to make it work again.

Always walk towards open doors. And if they slam shut in your face, kick that sucker in and keep going.

If the United States marches into Iraq without the backing of the United Nations, that will be done entirely without the backing of the American people.

I think movies probably are a mirror in some way so we can see ourselves in them.