It's easy to get depressed and think, "Well, what's the point?" But it's the same as, "Well, we're all going to die, so what's the point in brushing my teeth or even saying hello to anyone or obeying traffic lights." You can do that, but that's certainly not going to take you anywhere.

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

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.

Sometimes a scene works and acting is the easiest thing in the world and you don't have to do much of anything - just enjoy yourself and listen to the other actor. When it doesn't work, then every actor has different ways of dealing with the impasse. Sometimes you use memories from the past. Whatever. It depends from job to job.

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.

To be honest, I don't really care about any pope. It's not something I think about much, to be quite honest with you.

Here's where we are, this is what's happening. So do something, or get out of the kitchen.