When I Was A Kid I Was

The Way You Really Find Out About The Performer's Seriousness About The Cause Is How Long They Stay With It When The Spotlight Gets Turned Off. You See A Lot Of Celebrities Switch Gears. They Go From The Environment To Animal Rights To Obesity Or Whatever. That I Don't Have A Lot Of Respect For.

Not Taking A Risk Is A Risk. That's How I See It.

As A Director, I Wouldn't Like Me As An Actor. As An Actor, I Wouldn't Like Me As A Director.

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.

I Have A Lot Of Land. I Bought It Because I Had A Very Strong Feeling. I Was In My Early Twenties, And I Had Grown Up In Los Angeles And Had Seen That City Slide Off Into The Sea From The City I Knew As A Little Kid. It Lost Its Identity - Suddenly There Was Cement Everywhere And The Green Was Gone And The Air Was Bad - And I Wanted Out.