I Don't Mind Playing Older Characters. I

The Best Movies Are Made From A Point Of View Of An Understanding Of Human Nature And An Understanding Of History And An Understanding Of What Motivates People, Of What Makes A Good Movie From An Emotional Place.

There Comes A Point When You've Exhausted Your Opportunities Playing Good Guys. I've Been Around Long Enough, I Think I'm Entitled To Explore A Bit. But What I Saw There Was An Opportunity To Play A Character Different From What The Audience's Expectation Was. A Chance To Take Their Crude Experience Of Me - Of My Iconography, If You Will - And Turn It On Its Ear At An Appropriate Juncture In The Film To Be Useful To The Process Of Telling The Story.

There Is No Barrier To Indiana Jones Growing Older. It's Not An Age-based Character. We Can't Bang Him Up As Much As We Used To, Maybe. But I Guess I Can Pretend To Have The Capacity As Well As I Pretended Before.

I Have The Ordinary Experience Of Being Anonymous When I'm In An Airplane Talking To Air-traffic Control, And They Don't Know Who They're Talking To. I Have A Lot Of Common Experiences.

When I Met Scientists, I Found Them To Be As Various As Any Other Group Of People.