I Almost Forgot What It's Like To

What We Set Out To Do With This Movie [leaves Of Grass] Was To Create Something That Was Funny And Serious And Had Large Tonal Ambitions. A Movie That Could Be Poignant And Funny, And Suddenly Quite Violent. To Have A Character Utterly Sideswiped, And To Learn That Life Is About Balance.

I Get Heartbroken Flying Into L.a. It's Just This Feeling Of Unspecific Loss. Can You Imagine What The San Fernando Valley Was When It Was All Wheat Fields? Can You Imagine What John Steinbeck Saw?

Screenplays Aren't Written To Be Read, They're Written To Be Made Into Movies.

There Is A Lot Of Interesting Product Coming To Market Already. Bags And Bottles And Cups And Such Made Of Potato Starch And Other Fully Biodegradable Materials. In Some Sense, Plastic Is More Chemically Complex. We Ought To Be Able To Simplify.

I Don't Smoke And I Don't Want To Smoke. I Am Not A Fan Of Gratuitous Smoking In Films.