When I was a little boy, I rode, but I didn't own horses.

The money I earn from films means I can help the people I want to help - you can do a lot of good if you want to.

I mean, any movie or story that makes you accept and be grateful for something about your life is doing something right.

You do need to get lucky, no matter how talented you are.

Here's where we are, this is what's happening. So do something, or get out of the kitchen.

I wrote a letter to the magazine [Time magazine] pointing out that [Richard] Corliss's comparison of Christopher Lee's Saruman to Osama Bin Laden, and the vastly outnumbered defenders of Helm's Deep united against the Orcs to the "Coalition of the Willing" fighting the good fight against Muslim hordes, displayed the simplistic, xenophobic, and arrogant worldview that makes the government of the United States feared and mistrusted around the world. The editors claimed they had no space to print my brief letter, which I felt was dishonest and cowardly.

I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile.