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" The end of the world is on people's minds. We have the power to destroy or save ourselves, but the question is what do you do with that responsibility. "

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" Children, to me, are of the utmost importance. They're really the future, aren't they? "

" I care about the connection with the audience. Film is such a powerful medium. Movies can change the way people think. "

" Film has lost something in the translation to high tech. It's become so super-real. It's with digital this and stereo that, and everything's like a CD. "

" I think I jump around more when I'm alone. "

" Good science fiction is intelligent. It asks big questions that are on people's minds. It's not impossible. It has some sort of root in the abstract. "

" When I was eight, I would look at the cover of the 'Ghost Rider' comic book in my little home in Long Beach, California, and I couldn't get my head around how something that scary could also be good. To me it was my first philosophical awakening - 'How is this possible, this duality?' "

" Film acting is one of the only industries where you're criticized for working hard. In any other industry, it's considered a quality and something to behold. "

" How do you say one actor is better than another actor? You can definitely say that in the Olympics if it's the same race and someone wins the race. The only way to really do it and have it be sincere would be if you get all the actors together, and they're all playing the same part, and then you rate which one made you feel the most. "

" I've always had a soft spot for comic books. "

" I'm at the point now where I know I'm doing something right when a movie gets mixed reviews, because then I'm not in the box. I don't want to make it too easy for people and I don't want to make it too easy for myself. I want to try something unusual. "

" You can't make your choices based on what critics think. You have to make your choices based on what's honest for you. "

" I don't want to sit around by the pool luxuriating with a margarita. That's just not what I want to do. "

" Actors, their greatest tool, their greatest resource is imagination. You can take things, power objects, you can recruit your dreams, you can access your memories and get there. So the idea is not to act but to just be. "

" I would definitely return to Austria. They were all good experiences for me, but definitely Austria because there were some ancient Celtic, sacred sites that were in the forest that were quite beautiful. "

" There were two movies that asked me to go to Australia or New Zealand for long periods of time. One was 'Lord of the Rings' and one was 'The Matrix.' But I was actively involved at that time raising my family, and I couldn't really take that time out. "

" My father was always getting excited about something. It's genetically inside me somewhere. "

" I haven't isolated myself. I am not living on a yacht somewhere. I am not tucked away or behind a gate somewhere. I am not flying on a private plane. I am going to the airport, I am with people, some of the interactions are good, some of them are not so good, but it keeps me in touch with being, you know, part of society. "

" My house is basically a trailer. I live a circus lifestyle. I'm always moving. It's not always easy for people that live with me, but that's the path I chose. "

" I definitely went through my magic phase. I think all little boys do at some point or another - they get fascinated by magic tricks. "

" I happen to still like really dark, dramatic, fractured characters. They're the reason I got into movies. "

" 'Knowing' is one of those movies where you're going to get the spectacle, and you're going to have the entertainment in the grand science fiction tradition. But also, it will perhaps stimulate some discussion to help you sort out on your own where you might choose to go in terms of your own needs. Now, I say that without preaching. "

" The fact that 'Astro Boy' appealed to me as a boy in America was proof that the story and character transcend cultural stereotypes. "

" If I could have been a marine biologist I would have, but I didn't have that kind of intelligence. Numbers were never my strong point. "

" I like movies where you feel like you're going into another world, and no matter how many times you watch it, you're gonna see something new in that world. That level of detail really inspires me. "

" I don't want to just do independent movies and I don't want to just do adventure films. I enjoy both, and I think both are cogent. "

" It's no secret that I've always had an interest in mythology. Whether it's Arthurian or ancient Greek or even Marvel universe. I've always connected with it on some level. "

" There is a misperception, if you will, in critical response or even in Hollywood, that I can only do exaggerated characters. Or what they would call over-the-top performances. Well, this is completely false. "

" I would like to find a way to embrace what Led Zeppelin did, in filmmaking. "

" Every great story seems to begin with a snake. "

" The movies I cannot go without and that I watch annually are 'A Clockwork Orange,' 'Scarface' and 'Fantasia.' "