Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking.

Smell that? You smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning.

You gotta be careful with message movies. People say "What do you want people to take away from it?" I always say its totally individual.

I think there are more good young actors now than ever. It's a medium that everyone wants to be connected with - it is such a hip medium going into the 21st century.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

But for me, the challenge is how you turn a character into behavior. Once the director says 'action', you just try to live between those two worlds.

A young actor once asked me, What do you do between jobs? I said, Hobbies, hobbies, and more hobbies.