People Think Because I Went To Yale

I Don't Flatter Myself - I'm Not A Scientist, I'm Not A Conservation Expert.

When I'm Looking For Zen And I'm Not Saying This Facetiously At All - I Would Really Rather Surf, Scuba Dive, Or Fly My Plane. And, When I Feel Tension About The Grind Of Work, It's Not Getting The Money To Make Films Versus Making Films That Constitutes The Grind, It's All This Stuff.

There's A Lot Of Romanticisation Of The Intuitive Actor And Method Acting And All Kinds Of Notions About Getting Inside A Character And Coming Out From There.

People Say You Can't Make Movies About Your Politics Or The Environment. And, Generally Speaking, I Completely Divide Those Sides Of My Brain.

I've Been Friends With The Guys In Radiohead For A Lot Of Years, And I Watch The Way Those Guys Work With Incredible Envy. Because Whatever The Slings And Arrows Of Dealing With The Record Business, At The End Of The Day, They Have Total Creative Autonomy. They Don't Need A Lot To Do What They Do, And Thom [yorke] And Jonny [greenwood] And The Guys Have Their Own Joint In Their Hometown.