He was talking about how immersed you can get in an acting role and that his wife prefers him to do movies out of town. One time he was just irrationally upset and took his rage out on a metal trash can in the kitchen. His wife kept it as a reminder, and now when he considers movie parts that film in town, she just asks him, "Now how is the trash can going to feel about this?"

Sounds exactly like something my wife would do