Nothing Shocks Me. I'm A Scientist.

What I Look For Is Identifying What The Utility Of A Character Is To The Telling Of The Story Overall. If I Can Identify That From Reading The Script, Then I've Got A Clear Idea Of Whether Or Not I Think The Character Is Worth Playing.

I Need A Challenge. I Need The Intellectual Stimulation. I'm A Member Of A Community On Each Film, Working In Concert To Try To Bring An Idea To Life. It's A Great Job.

I Think I Did Have A Reputation For Being Grumpy. I Don't Think I'm Grumpy. I Have Opinions. I Have An Independent Vision. I Am A Purposeful Person. But On A Daily Basis, I Think I'm Other Than Grumpy. I Think It Is A Case Where I Am Coming To Do Business And Not There Just To Be Flattered And Cajoled And Used.

Baseball Was A Metaphor For America, Both Here And In Terms Of How It Was Understood By The Rest Of The World.

I Was 35 When I First Hit With Star Wars. I Had Some Degree Of Maturity And Some Degree Of Experience, Yet Physically I Still Looked Young. That Had Been An Impediment Early On In My Career, But Then It Turned Out To Be An Advantage.