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 have to say that I think Bernie Sanders is the first politician since Dennis Kucinich that I've been truly inspired by. Where you actually are truly speaking truth to power, in a legitimate way and in an unpretentious and very straightforward way.

Any nominations a movie gets helps to raise the level of curiosity in the public, so in that sense awards and nominations are important.

Some people who like dogs don't like cats, but I'm not like that.

It's true that I have a wide range of interests. I like to write and paint and make music and go walking on my own and garden. In fact, gardening is probably what I enjoy doing more than anything else.

In terms of the movie business, being in a 'Lord of the Rings' has given me more interesting options as work.

You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it.