The most important thing for an actor is to be present. If you're present, everything else will follow.

"I think the best movies are made for one of two reasons: either to make a lot of money or because the filmmaker has something to say."

It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.