Mark Ruffalo

I do readings at the public library. I just did a benefit scene night for my old acting teacher.

My personal belief is that you carry your own water in a relationship. If you see a girl and you think she's hot, that's a very human reaction, but you don't go and tell your spouse that, you know? So in one way it's how you behave.

I like to think the movies that I've picked have something worthwhile to say. Something relevant.

I ran to my marriage, I was happily ready to take on marriage.

I think of marriage as a garden. You have to tend to it. Respect it, take care of it, feed it. Make sure everyone is getting the right amount of, um, sunlight.

I don't like this idea of Method. I come from that school, but what I was taught was that it's your imagination. You do your homework, and you use your imagination.

People say funny things all the time during really serious moments in life.

But in my heart of hearts, this is the kind of thing... this is what everyone is struggling with in their lives - relationships and family. To me, it's always an interesting area to mine. I'm drawn to it.

The problem to me is violence. It's not cool to kill somebody or hurt people.

It's a difficult undertaking. I've been married for four years and I see this movie as a cautionary tale about people who've gone deeply out of communication.