I tell you, the difference for me is between being victimized, terrorized, numbed by reading about different disasters, or reducing the anxiety by getting up and doing something about it, at whatever level.

I think it's the actor's job - when you think of being typecast or getting out of the shadow of whatever you've had success in - it's up to you as an actor. The industry will always want to hire you for what you were successful in last and what made money. But you can say no to that and look for other parts.

You have to work with the auto industry, the oil companies, you have to work to develop renewable fuel, whether it's solar or different kinds of fuel or whatever.

You use and lose a lot of energy being grumpy.

To grow up knowing you're loved is astounding. It's a huge gift to a child.

The environmental movement, like all political processes, reacts best to disasters. But these are very slow, very gradual disasters in the making.