I became a vegetarian in 1958 and it was very difficult in those days to really maintain that because there weren't many options... alternatives. But, now, it's a growing trend because... the economics are there. See, there's simply enough people demanding it that it's profitable to supply vegetarians with those products.

The Age of Oil has really exhausted its usefulness, and it has actually become a danger to our lives and our ability to survive on the planet.

When I was a kid, we never heard of smog, ozone depletion, acid rain, green house gasses.

When we realize we can make a buck cleaning up the environment, it will be done!

But the "wise" person understands something else— that we are all connected and, therefore, his or her own happiness must include the happiness of others.

If you don't generate tension in the film to begin with... you can't really make a purse out of a sow's ear, you know.

Years ago on the set of Gunsmoke I read the book The Holy Science. Since then I have not eaten meat.