He's meant to be that classic Homer, Ulysses, Hercules - a character who goes out or has some gift of some kind. He goes on a journey of discovery and part of that is falling into darkness - the temptations…

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I don't know what your childhood was like, but we didn't have much money. We'd...

I don't know what your childhood was like, but we didn't have much money. We'd...

There is nothing I can do about this stuff and I am pretty well ok...

There is nothing I can do about this stuff and I am pretty well ok...

I did not, like my children and people today, grow up with television as part...

I did not, like my children and people today, grow up with television as part...

I believe in mythology. I guess I share Joseph Campbell's notion that a culture or...

I believe in mythology. I guess I share Joseph Campbell's notion that a culture or...

Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played -...

Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played -...

Filmgoers are starved for new ideas, voices and visions.

Filmgoers are starved for new ideas, voices and visions.

Golf has become so manicured, so perfect. The greens, the fairways. I don't like golf...

Golf has become so manicured, so perfect. The greens, the fairways. I don't like golf...

As an actor and as a person you come together with being in familiar territory...

As an actor and as a person you come together with being in familiar territory...

You can't completely control the sport - Tiger Woods comes close. The test is against...

You can't completely control the sport - Tiger Woods comes close. The test is against...

Once the festival achieved a certain level of notoriety, then people began to come here...

Once the festival achieved a certain level of notoriety, then people began to come here...

Whereas money is a means to an end for a filmmaker, to the corporate mind...

Whereas money is a means to an end for a filmmaker, to the corporate mind...

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense...

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense...

Lastly get emotionally connected to your story so you can deliver it, you know, if...

Lastly get emotionally connected to your story so you can deliver it, you know, if...

In fact you've got your hands tied behind your back when somebody chooses to take...

In fact you've got your hands tied behind your back when somebody chooses to take...

Because, you know, you're in Utah. And because of its political conservatism, if you can...

Because, you know, you're in Utah. And because of its political conservatism, if you can...

Well first of all it's a business and it's a tough business, and you have...

Well first of all it's a business and it's a tough business, and you have...

Usually I like to improvise. Sometimes, depending on the nature of the piece, I like...

Usually I like to improvise. Sometimes, depending on the nature of the piece, I like...

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense...

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense...

Being betrayed makes you trust less and put up another wall of defense.

Being betrayed makes you trust less and put up another wall of defense.

Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it

Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it

Our environmental problems originate in the hubris of imagining ourselves as the central nervous system...

Our environmental problems originate in the hubris of imagining ourselves as the central nervous system...