It's very rare you get a great script just handed to you, or sent to you, by someone you don't know.

More often than not, the experience of shooting the movie has been disappointing and the end product has been a mere shadow of what I hoped it would be. But immersing myself in the story - that's what I like best of all.

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

On a practical level, poetry isn't something anybody has really made a great living at. I might sell some books and, once in a while, someone might pay to hear me read.

It's just like with people. You're going to get along better working with them - human or equine - if you ask politely rather than demand that they do things.

I want to see what the Green Party looks like. I think if people don't start voting what they feel, if that's something other than the Democratic Party or the Republican Party, then nothing's going to change. You need more political parties that actually have a chance.

Joseph Campbell said the privilege of a lifetime is being yourself. That's his feeling. And I guess it's mine too.