I am an atheist, although I very much admire and have been influenced by many traditionally religious people.
Movies are certainly a director's medium, so getting the opportunity to work with really good directors is everything to me.
You go back to those films of the '40s and '50s and hear the dialogue, the way the people played off each other, the wordplay. I think we've really lost that in movies.
It's important to me that everyone is treated with respect.
You won't find a better young actor than Jaeden Lieberher. I ended up having one of the best times with him, really. Going to work with him every day was a treat.
Kids before they're 7 or 8 are like little manic obsessives. They become completely hooked on things and they're slightly crazy.
I always want my options to be open.
The electronic media introduced this idea to the larger audience very, very quickly. We spent years and years and years meeting with activists all over Europe to lay the groundwork for a political response, as we did here.
I find that the time that goes by is actually your best friend when you are making a record. The passing of time gives you perspective on what you recorded and what you wrote. If something sounds good to you 12 months after you recorded it then chances are pretty good that there's something valuable about the part or the song.
For the speedy reader paragraphs become a country the eye flies over looking for landmarks, reference points, airports, restrooms, passages of sex.
They wouldn't call it falling in love if you didn't get hurt sometimes, but you just pick yourself up and move on.