Captain Fantastic touches on that [division]. You meet this family that lives off the grid in the woods and you go, "Oh, it's some kind of liberal utopian fantasy. The enemy is gonna be all these conservative types that they'll probably run into, and that's going to be the story."

I think, on a surface level, people are surprised to see me playing such a passive role in 'Good.'

Every year I hear people complain that the quality of screenplays and movies is declining. In my opinion, the vast majority of scripts written - as well as most movies that are released - are not very original, well-written, or interesting. It has always been that way, and I think it always will be.

Even the implication that The Lord of the Rings is a mythic story about Western, white supremacy - regardless of the political leanings of anyone who tries to make that case - is a load of self-justifying, destructive horseshit.

In the end, the actor's main power is the power to say, 'No.'

Pinochet and Barack Obama both have the same primary goal, and that's to be president and stay president as long as allowed.

It's hard not to get depressed when you pay attention to the world and how strangely and corrupt the people in it sometimes behave.