Ignorance breeds antipathy. Until I got to know how computers worked, I didn't want anything to do with them. I said, 'Well, why do I need them? I write letters.' Which I still do.

Bernie Sanders has inspired millions of people in this country.

'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.

People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.

The money I earn from films means I can help the people I want to help - you can do a lot of good if you want to.

I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching television. I happen to want to read books. But I know I can't read all the books or watch all the movies in one lifetime.

As Martin Luther King said, "Passively to participate in an unjust system is to accept that system and to participate in its evil."