As regards Hillary C;inton's foreign policy actions and the powerful vested interests she seems gleefully beholden to, including all the biggest players in the military-industrial complex, I feel that she would be no better an actor on the world stage than Trump and whatever coalition of managers he might cobble together.

I don't think Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell fear competition from me in their arena.

I prefer the smaller acting than big histrionics. It's about reacting and looks, which is often underestimated.

I take my work seriously, but it's not the only thing that exists in the world.

As [John] Tolkien himself said, the story [Lord of the Ring ] is not allegorical. He said so when people tried to make analogies to World War II and the fight against Hitler and his fascist coalition.

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.

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