As A Director, I Wouldn't Like Me

It's An Honor Putting Art Above Politics. Politics Can Be Seductive In Terms Of Things Reductive To The Soul.

When I Started, I Was An Artist; I Wanted To Be An Artist. I Became An Actor Almost By Accident. I Acted For Fifteen Years And Tried To Produce. I Looked For Stories That Were The Story Beneath The Story That You Thought You Knew, Like 'the Candidate'.

I Was Blessed To Look Well And Retain A Youthful Look But That Was Just Genes. I Was Disappointed When Critics Started Pointing Out My Wrinkles. I Thought, You Mean This Is What It's Gonna Be About Now? I'm Not Going To Be Permitted To Be Human?

The Meter Is Ticking [particularly In The Face Of Climate Change], So You've Got To Get To As Much As You Can As Fast As You Can. I Grew Up With 'this Land Is Our Land,' And Public Land Doesn't Belong To That Administration Or This One. We Want Our Kids To Grow Up With Real Natural Places, Not Just Photos Of Them.

Storytelling Is Important. Part Of Human Continuity.