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.

As Aragorn said at Helm's Deep, "There is always hope."

The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different.

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.

When you're under stress as a human being, you behave oddly and your relationships with people become strained.

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.

Sometimes a scene works and acting is the easiest thing in the world and you don't have to do much of anything - just enjoy yourself and listen to the other actor. When it doesn't work, then every actor has different ways of dealing with the impasse. Sometimes you use memories from the past. Whatever. It depends from job to job.