It's dismaying to see the unilateralism that the government is doing.

With Edward Norton you'd never say, "This is the one we're going with whether you like it or not." It has to be agreed upon.

I grew up on the golden age of children's TV.

I don't tend to say it's time for one of this or that genre. Things flow to you in a strange way, and why you bump into a certain kind of thing in one moment is...it's hard to explain.

In a very philosophic sense I think doing the work is itself a good thing. But at the end of the day, since we're taking other people's shekels to do it, and their work is being able to make a return out of it, it forces you to consider the fact that you're doing it for other people. The whole construct is built around the assumption that it's going to get shared, and that someone else is going to find value in it - entertainment, catharsis, enlightenment, or whatever.

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.

Basically, I think 21st century conservation is moving toward preserving ecosystems by dealing with the needs of people.