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Radio, Newspapers, They Were Normal Parts Of My Life. In Those Days, You Had To Go Somewhere To Watch Television And Leave Something To See It.

Curiously, Directing My Own Films Have Made Me More Tolerant And Patient. I've Always Been An Extremely Impatient Actor. Waiting Around Drove Me Nuts. But Now I'm Much More Sympathetic To A Director's Struggle.

If You Could Ever Do A Project That Really Has Magic In It, And Justifiable Magic, You Should Do It.

When I Was About Fifteen, I Went To Work At Yosemite National Park. It Changed Me Forever. Nature Had Carved Its Own Sculpture, And I Was Part Of It, Not The Other Way Around.

If We Want Energy Security, Then We Have To Reduce Our Appetite For Fossil Fuels. There's No Other Way. Other Issues May Crowd The Headlines, But This Is Our Fundamental Challenge. Big Challenges Require Bold Action And Leadership. To Get The United States Off Fossil Fuels In This Uneasy National Climate Of Terrorism And Conflict In The Persian Gulf, We Must Treat The Issue With The Urgence And Persistance It Deserves. The Measure Of Our Success Will Be The Condition On Which We Leave The World For The Next Generation.