Simon's almost naive in a sense. They live in a world where people have to be selfish and fight for themselves. In that regard, he's toughened up by the crew.

Starting a new job is always scary, or at least for me it's always scary. It's like the first day of school.

Everyone was very deeply involved in the world of "The Lord of the Rings". From the wardrobe department to lighting, all were fascinated with the story. This is something that does not happen usually.

There's a lot of massacres going on in the world. As you know, 37,000 Kurds in Turkey, over a million people in Sudan. We have hundreds of thousands in Rwanda and Burundi. I mean, where do we stop?

We need more people speaking out. This country is not overrun with rebels and free thinkers. It's overrun with sheep and conformists.

. . . remember, guns don't kill people -- unless you practice real hard.