The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different.

The first decade of your life is really important; it's formative.

I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.

Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, the shorter it is.

Toronto Film Festival is one of those festivals where there are 400 movies, and unless you have a distributor who is super confident and puts a lot of money into it, sometimes movies can go unwatched or unnoticed.

I have a work ethic. If I say I'm going to do something, I do it.

I'm not afraid of death, but I resent it. I think it's unfair and irritating. Every time I see something beautiful, I not only want to return to it, but it makes me want to see other beautiful things. I know I'm not going to get to all the places I want to go.