We Are Facing A Tipping Point Of

Since I Was Very Young I've Been Fascinated With Nature And I Actually Wanted To Be A Marine Biologist When I Was Very Young. That Was A Great Passion Of Mine. So I Suppose In The Off Season When I'm Not Making Movies, I Became More And More Active As An Environmentalist Trying To Be More Vocal About Issues That I Felt Were Important.

It Was Closer To Manual Labor Than Shooting A Film. I Always Think Of Something Michael Caton-jones Told Me: 'pain Is Temporary. Film Is Forever.'

I Didn't Even Know What I Did In 'what's Eating Gilbert Grape'. I Just Went Off With Whatever I Felt Instinctually Without A Second Thought.

It's My First Sort Of Commercial Attempt, But It Made Sense For Me Because I'm Not That Kind Of Guy And I'm Not Going To Continue To Do That Kind Of Movie.

We Were Both [ With Russel Crowe] Hand-plucked To Do [the Quick And The Death]. He Had Done Romper Stomper And I Had Done Gilbert Grape And So We Were Hand- Plucked To Do This Big Budget Film. So We Were Both Very Bright-eyed And Bushy-tailed.