Looking at acting, in the movies or the theater, and the way I like to look at it, it’s just an extension of childhood play… Kids play and imagine in a very intense fashion and they don’t need any director telling them “You really have to believe in it.” They believe in it completely.

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

Most actors can't make any kind of living.

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

To be honest, I don't really care about any pope. It's not something I think about much, to be quite honest with you.

I don't like people who get into fights about football - or anything else.