In December of 2002, the late Richard Corliss, a respected movie critic with a long and illustrious career, wrote an embarrassing letter of support for the invasion and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan in the guise of a Time magazine review of Peter Jackson's The Two Towers.

'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.

Most movies are lucky to have one moment, one shot that you look at and you always remember that moment and that scene.

When people say that entertainers should "know your place," they might as well say the same thing about plumbers and teachers and cab drivers. We all should be able to express our views.

In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.

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

Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple.