There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever.

In the end, the actor's main power is the power to say, 'No.'

Travel is one of the best anti-war weapons that there are. I've been to Iran, and if you're there you see little kids, cops, old people, cemeteries. Once you see that, you can't say, 'Oh, Iran, let's bomb them.'

For 'Hidalgo,' I just spent as much time around horses as I could, which made sense.

'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have. What's going to happen to your child if you're not around? It takes those concerns to an extreme. In the film, without me the boy has no food, no shelter, no resources at all.

Can you join, ask sincerely for affection without sweaty hand of expectation, understanding and accepting if it never is given?

If you're trying to please everyone, then you're not going to make anything that is honestly yours, I don't think, in the long run.