Great Books Don't Make Great Movies. There's

A Movie's Very Different From The Book, And It's Different From The Script, And It's Usually One Person's Vision.

The First Dog I Had Was Owned By An Abusive Couple. He Was Very Skittish. He Wouldn't Let Me Hold Him. It Was Explained To Me That It Was Because Of How He Was Treated.

When You're The Guy Behind The Camera, You're Aware Of The Reasons For The Compromises Or The Changes That Get Made. As An Actor, You Go And Do Your Thing, And Someone Else Down The Line Then Does All The Math And Goes, "we Can't Include That Thing Where He's Pretending To Be Dumb And Needling Those People, Because It Takes A Minute And A Half, And It Ruins The Next Scene. It Doesn't Make Sense." If You're Directing, You're The One Doing That.

I Didn't Have To Audition. That's Common, But It Had Never Happened To Me Before. Normally, I Hate Auditioning. I Need To Stew And Think... Let The Character Develop And Grow Inside Me.

When People Ask Me Why I Don't Eat Meat Or Any Other Animal Products, I Say, 'because They Are Unhealthy And They Are The Product Of A Violent And Inhumane Industry.'