I had just arrived in New York from California. I was nineteen years old and excited beyond belief. I was an art student and an acting student and behaved as most young actors did - meaning that there was no…

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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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I am a cynical optimist. Big opening weekends are like cotton candy. The films you...

I am a cynical optimist. Big opening weekends are like cotton candy. The films you...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 -...

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...

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...