Technology is such a broad kind of term, it really applies to so many things, from the electric light to running cars on oil. All of these different things can be called technology. I have kind of a love-hate relationship with it, as I expect most people do. With the computer, I spend so many hours sitting in front of a computer.
As far as Beau is concerned, we're on the same team, we root for each other. If my parts are slightly more attractive, or are perceived that way by others, he's very content.
As far as the lack of hits goes, I think perhaps it's because I've played a lot of different roles and have not created a persona that the public can latch on to. I have played everything from psychopathic killers to romantic leading men, and in picking such diverse roles I have avoided typecasting.
I first got involved with ending world hunger, and I got hip to the facts about it - what a huge problem it was and how it wasn't a matter of not having food or not knowing how to end it, but it was a matter of creating the political will.
I kind of quit surfing when I got out of high school, but then a few years ago I started to take it up again. I'm not an expert by any means, but it's so wonderful to get out in the ocean and get a different perspective on things.
I used to read comics when I was a kid.
I'm very much into the costuming of any character that I portray and it's one of the great things about making movies is it's a collaborative art form so you get all these artists who are looking specifically about for this instance your character's costume and what that might tell about your character.
I've produced a couple of films and really enjoyed starting it from the very beginning and seeing it all the way through to the end; that was very gratifying.
If you're like me, I get hooked into to-do lists, you know. I'll say I checked that off. Okay, I did that. And you have all these things you're doing.
I think we're all hooked, I feel my own hook-ness on immediate gratification you know. I want what I want.
I never read reviews of something I want to see.
I love westerns, I'd love to make more of them.
I'm a chairperson for 'No Kid Hungry', a campaign for poor American children.
Nowadays it seems more and more like the 'business' in 'show business' is underlined, and there are campaigns, and it's all part of getting people in to see the movies.
The hoopla with all the award season is kind of mind-boggling. It kind of puts you on your heels.
Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.
The Oscar nomination is great. It's a great pat on the back. And I like that.
I've done several commercials and I've done voiceovers for documentaries.
It can kind of screw up things if you're trying to overwork something.
It's a wonderful metaphor, catching a wave, for how you can look at other challenges in your life.
I just hope that theaters remain. I think there's something very wonderful about getting into a dark room with a bunch of people. There's something cool about that. Brings us all together in one room where we can experience all those emotions.
My m.o. as far as choosing projects is I really try not to work. I try to not do the scripts that are offered me.
Movies are very subjective.
Life is having its way with me now. And I'm really pleased.
I've worked with a lot of first-time directors who kind of look to me for ideas and opinions and stuff, and I'm a team player.
