I Don't Get Much Out Of Doing

But Work That's Got Real Substance Does Make People Feel, "there's Someone Else Out There Who Relates To My Experience, Or Who Just Helped Me Understand My Own Experience A Little Bit Better." And I Think That's Still Got Enormous Value.

When I Was About 16 Or 17, I Had A Teacher Who Took A Group Of Us To The National Theater In Washington, D.c., And I Saw Ian Mckellen Do His One-man Show - I Think It Was Called Acting Shakespeare - And It Completely Bombed Me; It Put The Zap On My Brain In A Big Way.

I Think We Really Feel Like Crowdrise Could Be Something That, 20 Years From Now, People Take For Granted Because That's Just How You Do It, Like If You're Going To Raise Money For Something, That's How You Do It.

But Look At Avatar (2009), One Of The Most Globally Viewed Pieces Of Entertainment To Have Ever Been Made - The Central Emotional Event Of The Whole Movie Was A Tree Being Cut Down. And The Entire Movie, Essentially, Is Saying, "if We Let The Military Industrial Complex Trash The Place That We're Living In, We Will Have Committed An Epic Crime."

Just Because You've Made A Couple Movies, You've Done Some Good Movies, You've Been Nominated For Some Academy Awards, Whatever, Nobody's Entitled. It's A Business. If They Don't See It, I Can Think They're Wrong, But I'm Not Entitled To A $15 Million Budget To Make A Film.