Brothers don't necessarily have to say anything to each other - they can sit in a room and be together and just be completely comfortable with each other.
I sometimes have to look back and say, "Wow, this is amazing what has happened to me. I have been able to fulfill a lot of these dreams that I had when I was very young." It's a pretty amazing feeling. But at the same time it becomes addictive!
Some people don't get it when I'm being sarcastic.
The first kiss I had was the most disgusting thing in my life. The girl injected about a pound of saliva into my mouth, and when I walked away I had to spit it all out.
(Acting) certainly comes-100 percent-from the need to be loved. Any actor who says this isn't true is lying.
When you grow up in the [film] industry, the director is your father. You follow your father's lead, but you make your own way.
I'm nothing like Romeo in real life.
Dark green is my favorite color. It's the color of nature and the color of money and the color of moss!
I've always been spontaneous and outgoing... I've tried lots of things so I've got some good life experiences, which is great 'cause it means I've got lots of material to work with as an actor.
If I want to go to a party with a few male friends, it doesn't mean I'm gay.
School, I never truly got the knack of. I could never focus on things I didn't want to learn.
Meryl Streep does things I would never have thought possible... Her presence on screen is outstanding.
What I do is whatever it takes, it takes. Sometimes you see a scene right away and a take looks great so you might print that and you might print a couple more and take elements of all three. It just depends. You're looking for the highlights. You're looking for the best elements of the scene, but preferably you'd like to have one good take that would go all the way through.
I'm shy, but when the time comes to be wild, I'm fun-loving, adventurous, and mysterious.
If you can do what you do best and be happy, you're further along in life than most people.
The things that you did with parents, whether it was spending every Sunday morning with your dad and eating French toast and watching Popeye, or decorating the Christmas tree with our mother - these are memories that help you be happy.
It gets to the point where you're hot, you're hot, and when you're not, you're not. It's so true. I have to slow down soon.
I didn't worry about what DeNiro thought... I went in, looked him in the eye, and got the part. I was confident, even though I'd never done anything like it before. Now I realise it was ignorant confidence-I had no idea.
As an actor, you're constantly searching for that great character. Also, being a history buff and learning about people in our past and amazing things that they've done, I came across a book about Howard Hughes and he was set up as basically, the most multi-dimensional character I could ever come across. Often, people have tried to define him in biographies, but no one seems to be able to categorize him.
If you can unify the public mind saving an iconic species like the tiger, like they did with the panda, that means you have to protect their habitat and everything that they hunt. And that means saving massive, thousands of acres for them to be able to roam and breed. So it's more of a land effort.
[Success] always starts with the material; it always starts with the truth and honesty of the characters that you read in the screenplay and that's rarely something that can be remedied if it's simply not there by the time you shoot the film. Thank God we had that.
Everywhere I go, somebody is staring at me. I don't know if people are staring because they recognize me or because they think I'm a weirdo.
Thousands of climate scientists agree that global warming is not only the most threatening environmental problem but also one of the greatest challenges facing all of humanity. We must demand a separation between oil and state. We can get off oil and slow global warming.
Most of the time I just keep to myself. I think like what it would be like to be... someone else.
If we do not act together, we will surely perish.
These types of films that are psychologically sort of dark at times, I find extremely exciting to do because there's always something to think about. There's nothing more boring than to show up on set and say a line and know that your character means exactly what they say. It's interesting to have an unreliable narrator in a film and that's what both of those films have been.
Love at first sight? I absolutely believe in it! You've got to keep the faith. Who doesn't like the idea that you could see someone tomorrow and she could be the love of your life? It's very romantic.
I've changed. You can't help it. Your mind starts working in a different way. You feel really scrutinised by people.
Doing what we do [filming], you have to be your own critic and judge and adjudicate as to what you do and how it turned out.
I have never been a fashionista or someone who puts a lot of thought into what I wear, and I dress to be as comfortable as I possibly can.
It's easy to fall into the trap of believing all the hype that's written about you... Who knows? In a couple of years, you might find me in the loony bin!
Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played. I'm not. That's why it's called 'acting'.
I've just got to maintain my passion for what I do.
I figure life's a gift and I don't intend on wasting it. You don't know what hand your gonna get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes at you... to make each day count.
I'm never really conscious of saying, "I'm going to take on a specific role to combat a certain image in the public eye." I think that's pretty manipulative and transparent to the public anyway.
It's a weird feeling when people are defining you, and you haven't even defined yourself.
I am not a scientist, but I don't need to be.
Global warming is not only the number one environmental challenge we face today, but one of the most important issues facing all of humanity... We all have to do our part to raise awareness about global warming and the problems we as a people face in promoting a sustainable environmental future for our planet.
With Romeo and Juliet, you're talking about two people who meet one night, and get married the same night. I believe in love at first sight-but it hasn't happened to me yet.
I'm still exploring in a lot of ways. I don't know myself completely.
Portraying emotionally ill characters gives me the chance to really act.
It's amazing to completely focus on something for four, five or six months, have it completely consume your life and be constantly thinking about somebody else's set of circumstances and how they would react to something. I find it fascinating. It's rewarding and on a professional and personal level.
You have to enjoy life in the process. It may sound corny, but it's true. At the end of the day, we can't always achieve everything that we dream of but you do have to enjoy life in the process.
I always wanted to be an actor and I'd never dreamt that not only would I be able to do this for a living, but also on top of that I'd be able to choose and steer the course of my own career.
When I was young I used to have this thing where I wanted to see everything I used to think 'How can I die without seeing every inch of this world?'
Sometimes I wonder will God ever forgive us for what we've done to each other? Then I look around and I realize God left this place a long time ago.
I've managed to keep a clear head and remain sane in this business because I remain a kid off-camera.
Mother Earth is hurting. And she needs a generation of thoughtful, caring and active kids like all of you to protect her for the future.
Honored delegates, leaders of the world, I pretend for a living.
I spent a long time in art school so I can really draw. I'll doodle and suddenly I'll find the beginning of the movie in one picture. Usually, I start my stuff on the telephone. Right by the telephone I've got a book of doodles. When I'm on the phone, I'll be doing a drawing eventually.
I'm not a big dreamer. I never have been. I remember fragments of my dream, and I try to take a traditional sort of approach to researching this project and doing preparation for it.
As we progress into the twenty-first century, anyone who considers themselves a realist will have to make the environment a top priority.
Dreams feel real while we're in them. It's only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange.
I grew up when I was 15 when I had my first opportunity in movies. I watched every great movie for a year and a half, and since then I've asked myself how I can emulate such artistry. That's really my motivation. I want to do something as good as my heroes have done.
You see, I think negative emotions are always trumped by positive emotions.
Fame is not the worst thing. I went to dinner the other night, and the girls in the restaurant ignored me. It was so annoying.
The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it. As for myself, I'm not really sure who I am. I change every day.
To play a repressed gay man, I had to explore what life was like in an era of sexual repression.
Obviously people don't want other people to tell them how to think or what to believe, or to tell them what's right politically and what's wrong.
Will this coffee get me an Oscar?
My dad's probably one of the kindest people in the world. When I was younger that's not how I was- I was a little spoiled brat.
My parents know I was outgoing as a child, and whenever people came over I'd automatically do impressions of them as soon as they left; it was my mom's favorite thing.
I want to be a jerk like the rest of my friends, and have fun, and not care about the consequences, but I just can't now.
A man's legacy is determined by how the story ends.
You learn after you've been in the business for a while that it's not getting your face recognized that's the payoff. It's having your film remembered.
I'm not really the quiet type, although some people think I am. But I'm the rebel type in the sense that I don't think I'm like everyone else. I try to be an individual.
Sometimes you've got to go to the wrong place just to show that you're not afraid to go there.
You can make history, or you will be vilified by it.
Most of the time I do feel like I need someone else when I'm alone. But I can still get by with just my own company and that makes me a stronger person.
Our oil-based society depends on non-renewable resources. It requires relentless probing into vast reaches of pristine land, sacrificing vital bioregions, and irreplaceable cultures. The possibility of catastrophic climate change is substantially increased by the 40 million barrels of oil burned every day by vehicles. We must all move shoulder to shoulder in a unified front to show this administration that the true majority of people are willing to vote for a cleaner environment and won't back down.
Obviously, we suppress things, emotions, things during the day - thoughts that we obviously haven't thought through enough, and in that state of sleep when our subconscious, or mind just sort of randomly fires off different surreal story structures, and when we wake up we should pay attention to these things.
I think it's a real danger, as an actor, when you try to make some statement through your career about what the business should be doing or ultimately what your image should be or how you want to be perceived. I look at every project that comes along and say, "Is this something I can sink my teeth into and can do a good job on?" That's really how I choose roles.
I think the environmental movement is the biggest people's movement in the world. Unfortunately, our governments and corporations haven't responded accordingly to protect our planet's natural resources.
I remember when I first started having these interpretations of these images, these clichés of what movie stars are and this and that, and they're egomaniacal pricks and tyrants, but in general, for the most part, they're nice people to tell you the truth.
Acting is the only time when I truly maintain the spontaneity that I want to be present at all times.
I don't think I ever expected anything like an Oscar ever, to tell you the truth. That is not my motivation when I do these roles. I really am motivated by being able to work with great people and create a body of work that I can look back and be proud of.
I will fly around the world doing good for the environment.
I got attention by being funny at school, pretending to be retarded, and jumping around with a deformed hand.
Drugs? Every one has a choice and I choose not to do drugs.
I've always kind of made sure to maintain the sense of who I am and never be mean or cruel or snotty to anyone. Because, at the end of the day, it's not going to help you last in the business, and who wants to be around someone like that? I don't want to turn into 'that guy.' That guy!
To believe in love, to be ready to give up anything for it, to be willing to risk your life for it, is the ultimate tragedy.
The truth of the matter is this - I never look for films specifically, because ultimately if the fundamentals of the character and the script and the director aren't there, it makes it a moot point.
My career should adapt to me. Fame is like a VIP pass wherever you want to go.
I like girls who are intelligent, somewhat funny, and pretty with a nice personality.
I get a friend to travel with me... I need somebody to bring me back to who I am. It's hard to be alone.
Marty [Scorsese] knows that when an improvised moment comes out of a real situation, it's gonna have more life and more going on than anything you can imagine and that's how the character can become the story
The good thing about acting is that it always keeps you on your toes... It's not like any other job where you can go in and do the same thing as yesterday.
A single idea from the human mind can build cities. An idea can transform the world and rewrite all the rules.
It's a tough thing-you get in a situation where you feel you have to be perfect all the time and it sucks.
People want you to be a crazy, out-of-control teen brat. They want you miserable, just like them. They don't want heroes; what they want is to see you fall.
I cheated a lot, because I just couldn't sit and do homework. I usually sat next to someone extremely smart.
When a role for a young guy is being offered to me, I think of River Phoenix. It feels like a loss.
If you're gonna let the character be the story, you better set a tone that allows the actors to do the best work they can do.
Climate change is severely impacting the health of our planet and all of its inhabitants, and we must transition to a clean energy economy that does not rely on fossil fuels.
Like everything, personal relationships and all that stuff is sort of put on ice while you go off to your location for five or six months. So, do I feel more settled in my life and in my work? Absolutely, yeah.
I became an actor at a very young age, but I also had a deep respect for nature and I think I was sort of a little biologist when I was younger. I watched documentaries on rainforest pollution and the loss of species and habitats for animals around the world. It affected me in a very hardcore, emotional way when I was younger. So, later in life I wanted to continue that path more and investigate and learn more about ecological issues.
I don't have emotions about a lot of things. I rarely get angry, I rarely cry. I guess I do get excited a lot, but I don't get sad and enormously happy. I think a lot of people who talk about all that crap are lying. Right now I'm just trying to maintain happiness — that's all I really care about. Anyway, when you're my age and your hormones are kicking in, there's not much besides sex that's on your mind.
Love is a sudden revelation: a kiss is always a discovery
That's the magic of moviemaking. You clearly identify one scenario with the other, and it's a completely different experience.
It's very hard to impose your beliefs or a specific message about any given movie. I think that audiences always extract what they want from a film even if something isn't overtly political. They may or may not get it, and it's hard to control that.
I think it's much more interesting when people say, "I love being famous. I love the attention and getting laid and having people I respect admire me," than when they pretend it hasn't had an effect on them.
I'm not the kind of person who tries to be cool or trendy, I'm definitely an individual.
Protecting our future on this planet depends on the conscious evolution of our species.
Me, I still believe in paradise. But now at least I know its not some place you can look for because its not where you go. It’s how you feel for a moment in your life when you’re a part of something and if you find that moment, it lasts forever.
Our planet's alarm is going off, and it is time to wake up and take action!
What I really wanted was to travel and see all the different animals that were on the verge of extinction.
Right now, our mother -- our mother -- all of our mothers, Mother Earth is hurting. And she needs a generation of thoughtful, caring and active kids like all of you to protect her for the future. You can help us win the battle to clean up our air, our water, our land, to protect our forests, our oceans and our wildlife.
We only get one planet.
There is no element of genius without some form of madness.
I'm open to doing any kind of role and any kind of genre as long as it's interesting and as long as I feel it could be a great character to play. I never take into my own personal opinions or my own public image into account when I chose movie roles.
My father, George, has also affected the choices in my life regarding films. I like films that take chances or say something different or experiment. Growing up with him, I was surrounded by different artists - not just actors or film-makers but cartoonists, poets, writers.
Subconscious is motivated by emotion, right? Not reason.
I like to be able to play a character and act out a lot of things which I can't or don't do in my normal everyday life.
As far as my own dreams, I'm not a big dreamer, I think obviously we suppress things in life, emotions and thoughts, and we should wake up and look at that.
I touched emotions I've never tapped in my entire life. I've heard people say, 'I hope this movie doesn't glamorise drugs.
I like to prepare as much as possible beforehand, but there's definitely that element of fear when you're on set, and you have to be conscious of it and use that fear to drive you to work harder.
It’s easy to be an expert if you’re the only one in the world with an interest.
Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.
I'm a big history buff so to walk the streets...the ancient world like that was pretty astounding.
I'm just starting to scratch the surface of what really makes me happy and it's taken me a while to admit that acting like a little child and being a jerk and a punk is fun.
When I can't immediately define the character, and there's an element of mystery to it and still a lot to be explored, that's when I say yes.
That's an inspiration for all women to see a woman thinking and moving differently from those around her.
It's a hard concept for me to wrap my head around to completely sacrifice any sort of love in your life, to never experience that on a personal level.
It was invaluable to have a dear friend who you have known for over a decade, be a partner in a film like Titanic. To have somebody that talented to work against, who's also your friend and who you know you have the best intentions for and vice versa, and who you intrinsically trust to give you their forthright honest opinion about what we're both doing - all that's something you can't really buy.
You can either be a vain movie star, or you can try to shed some light on different aspects of the human condition.
