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Essentially, My Kids Grew Up With The Emphasis On The Environment Because I Became A Political Activist In About 1969 And It Was Not An Easy Time. Those Were The Days When The Oil And Gas Companies Pretty Much Controlled The Show And Anybody Speaking About Solar Energy Or Carbon Energy Would Get Smashed Down As Being A Radical Or A Tree-hugger Or What Have You. So I Was Out There Feeling Very Often Alone And My Kids Would Get That.

From My Experience In My Country, America Over And Over Again Takes Itself Right To The Brink, It Puts One Foot Over But It Never Goes Over. It Wakes Up At The Last Minute And Says Woah, And Then Pulls Back...

There's A Lot Of Hyperventilation That Takes Off Before The [sundance Film] Festival, A Lot Of Buzz. Every Year We Hear, This Is Going To Be The New This, This Is Going To Be The New That, And It Never Is. The Buzz Just Doesn't Mean Anything. I'm Glad It Doesn't. Because I Think The Festival Shows That What Succeeds Is Content.

'butch Cassidy' Was The Only Film I Ever Enjoyed Making.

He's Meant To Be That Classic Homer, Ulysses, Hercules - A Character Who Goes Out Or Has Some Gift Of Some Kind. He Goes On A Journey Of Discovery And Part Of That Is Falling Into Darkness - The Temptations Of Life.