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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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...

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 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...

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...

Never revisit the past, that's dangerous. You know, move on.

Never revisit the past, that's dangerous. You know, move on.

I'm not interested in a film about golf but I am interested in golf as...

I'm not interested in a film about golf but I am interested in golf as...

Filmgoers are starved for new ideas, voices and visions.

Filmgoers are starved for new ideas, voices and visions.

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 -...

We do not own this place, we are just passengers

We do not own this place, we are just passengers

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...

I'm not a facelift person. I am what I am.

I'm not a facelift person. I am what I am.

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...

Sundance was started as a mechanism for the discovery of new voices and new talent.

Sundance was started as a mechanism for the discovery of new voices and new talent.

Ideas aren't real estate, they grow collectively and that knocks out the egotistical loneliness that...

Ideas aren't real estate, they grow collectively and that knocks out the egotistical loneliness that...

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...

I had just arrived in New York from California. I was nineteen years old and...

I had just arrived in New York from California. I was nineteen years old and...

We program the festival, after 20 years, exactly the way we did on the first...

We program the festival, after 20 years, exactly the way we did on the first...

It's an honor putting art above politics. Politics can be seductive in terms of things...

It's an honor putting art above politics. Politics can be seductive in terms of things...

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...

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...