You can't control everything that comes to you.

You always end up getting involved in things because of, you know, the strange things your life brings you into contact with.

A lot of why I do something is just the novelty of the experience.

We must realize that nature is absolutely essential for our survival, and we must act on that premise now.

Most of the movies that I've made that I really felt good about and cared about made very little money anyway, so I'm not particularly worried about people downloading and sharing them.

Sometimes creativity is a compulsion, not an ambition.

I don't flatter myself - I'm not a scientist, I'm not a conservation expert.