Filmgoers Are Starved For New Ideas, Voices

I Have A Lot Of Land. I Bought It Because I Had A Very Strong Feeling. I Was In My Early Twenties, And I Had Grown Up In Los Angeles And Had Seen That City Slide Off Into The Sea From The City I Knew As A Little Kid. It Lost Its Identity - Suddenly There Was Cement Everywhere And The Green Was Gone And The Air Was Bad - And I Wanted Out.

You Work Like Hell To Get Yourself Ahead In The Business. You Could Go Anywhere Before, And Suddenly You Can't Go Anywhere. It's Like Being A Cartoon Character.

I Learned Early That You'd Better Know What You're Talking About. You'd Better Realize That Certain Issues Are Going To Be So Hot - No Matter What Reason, What Logic You Apply To It - You're Going To Be Met With An Opposition Just Because Their Viewpoint Is Different, And There's No Way They're Going To Accept Your Reasoning. Furthermore, They're Going To Attack You Because You Will Be Portrayed As Not Being Credible: "you're An Actor. What Do You Know?"

I Try To Avoid Giving Advice. The Only Advice I Will Give Is To Pay Attention. I Don't Mean To The Screen In Your Hand. I'm Talking About The Natural World. I Spent A Lot Of Time Educating My Children About Nature By Putting Them In Nature. I Said, "i Want You To Listen; I Want You To Look." There's So Much Technology Coming Into Our Lives That Takes Us Away From The Natural Stuff, So I'm Pushing The Other Way.

I Was Seen In Earlier Years By Family Members And People Of Authority As Somebody Wasting His Time. I Had Trouble With The Restrictions Of Conformity. It Made Me Edgy.