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I've Never Acted Before In A Movie I've Directed. This Felt Like The Time To Do It Just Because The " Leaves Of Grass" Movie Itself Is So Much Of A Platform For The Lead Actor. It's Really Written For An Exciting Performance And It Really Depends On The Audience Watching An Extraordinary Actor Having A Great Time Pulling Off This Feat. It Makes Sense To Me As A Director To Act In Support Of That.

The Elegance Of Staying With A Moment, Without Needing To Stop And Change All The Lighting, Made [the Alternative] Seem Lazy And Indulgent.

My Greatest Hope Is That We Transcend The Most Fearful Thing, Which Is That We Are Rapidly Degrading The Ecological Systems On This Planet That Support Everything We Are Doing And All Life On It.

People Think Because I Went To Yale That That Implies Privilege, And It Is A Privilege In The Sense That It's An Incredible Opportunity.

I Think One Of The Most Important Investments An Organization Like Tnc (the Nature Conservancy) Can Make Is In Helping Build Local Capacity - Supporting The Growth Of A Global Network Of Small Community-based Entities. Help People Who Live Within Critical Ecosystems Help Themselves And Their Neighbors To Design A Better Future Relationship Between Themselves And Their Natural Resources.