I Don't Have Anything To Prove To

The Thing I'm Absolutely Convinced Of, No Matter How Crazy - Technological The World Is Getting, Is That People Feel More Connected Through The Good Works. Entertainment, And The Sort Of Soporific Effect It Has On People And Their Stress, Is One Thing.

When You're Working On A Creative Thing, Everyone Has An Idea, And They're Pushing It. The First Time You Work With Anybody, You Have To Get Comfortable With The Way Another Person Pushes Hard For What They Want. Familiarity Breeds Contempt, People Say. But I've Found, For Creative Things, Familiarity Breeds Peace Of Mind, Because You Realize You Know Someone Better. You Trust Each Other. You Know Not To Take Things A Certain Way, Or A Wrong Way. You Get To Where You Don't Have To Waste Quite So Much Time With Diplomacy. Things Are A Little More Efficient.

I Come From A Family Of Conservation Activists, And So I've Had A Strong Connection To Nature All My Life. My Father Has Been A Leader Within The Movement For Over Thirty Years And Has Taught Most Of What I Know About Environmental Conservation. While He Would Always Take Me Hiking, Camping, And Rafting, He Also Taught Me That The Spiritual Value Of The Outdoors Alone Is Not Enough To Save Nature Against Economic Interests.

I Thought Rounders Was A Comic Movie In Its Way. First Time I Directed A Movie, I Wanted To Do A Comedy. I Don't Like Things That Are Superficially One Thing Or Another, Mainly. My Favorite Comedies Are Really Smart, Too, And Have A Lot Of Levels To Them As Well.

The Incentive For Business Is Not, And Cannot, Be Anything Other Than The Root Incentive For All Business: They Must Profit.