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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.

Since I Was Very Young I've Been Fascinated With Nature And I Actually Wanted To Be A Marine Biologist When I Was Very Young. That Was A Great Passion Of Mine. So I Suppose In The Off Season When I'm Not Making Movies, I Became More And More Active As An Environmentalist Trying To Be More Vocal About Issues That I Felt Were Important.

Kate Winslet Also Happens To Be One Of My Close Friends Who I Goof Off With Like Crazy. It Was A Reunion Of Two People Who, I Guess, Are A Little Bit Older, A Tiny Bit Wiser But Ultimately Were The Same As They Were When They Were 21.

To Play A Repressed Gay Man, I Had To Explore What Life Was Like In An Era Of Sexual Repression.

There's A Difference In Our Ages [with Leonardo Dicaprio], But We Were Both In The Same Sort Of Position [on The Quick And The Death Movie].everyone Below Us In A Casting Position Were All These Really Famous Character Actors Like Keith David. And They Were Looking At The Two Of Us Going, 'who Are These Guys?' So That Naturally Kind Of Put Us Together In A Way Where We'd Just Hang Out Together Because We Didn't Care About Status. We Just Wanted To Enjoy The Experience. The Two Things That Have Changed About Leo [ Dicaprio] Since That Time: He Can Drink Legally And He's No Longer A Virgin.