There are only three reasons to do a movie: the cast, the director, the role. Like I say, you live in a minute of screen time, but to prepare for the minute takes much more than a day. You'd better be excited about what those moments are, even if they're the hardest moments. Or the smallest.

Do what you like to do so well that someone will pay you wages for it.

I fell in love with the land and with the very old fashioned idea of leaving a physical legacy for my children. A stunning place, with a magnificent forest of trees, and a magnificent river.

My first girlfriend in high school, I had a girlfriend in grade school, but my first girlfriend in high school was Mare Winningham, very fine actress.

That's the joy of art - it should be dangerous and challenging but it's just art - it's safe.

I live on a ranch that's larger than Manhattan. That's a weird circumstance.

It hurts. I miss my kids. I miss my kids in so many ways that I can`t explain.