Once the festival achieved a certain level of notoriety, then people began to come here with agendas that were not the same as ours. We can't do anything about that. We can't control that.

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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...

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...

It's hard to pay attention these days because of multiple affects of the information technology...

It's hard to pay attention these days because of multiple affects of the information technology...

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 look at going to Hollywood as going behind enemy lines. You parachute in, set...

I look at going to Hollywood as going behind enemy lines. You parachute in, set...

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...

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...

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 -...

The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that...

The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Filmgoers are starved for new ideas, voices and visions.

Filmgoers are starved for new ideas, voices and visions.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...