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.

Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them.

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.'

It's hard not to get depressed when you pay attention to the world and how strangely and corrupt the people in it sometimes behave.

I think, on a surface level, people are surprised to see me playing such a passive role in 'Good.'

The Road was a movie that has a good reputation, even though it wasn't released very well, but that's a movie I'm very proud of.

It's almost a standard tactic, really, to try to minimize any effort that people in the entertainment business or in any public occupation make to express themselves.