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

I never think that a film should answer questions for you. I think it should make you ask a lot of questions.

I've already spent a lot of my life doing what makes me go. There's a life out there while I'm still young, able to move, able to just sit at peace in the water - I should be spending much more time doing that, rather than continuing to go through this artistic struggle.

I come from a family of conservation activists, and so I've had a strong connection to nature all my life. My father has been a leader within the movement for over thirty years and has taught most of what I know about environmental conservation. While he would always take me hiking, camping, and rafting, he also taught me that the spiritual value of the outdoors alone is not enough to save nature against economic interests.

Sometimes creativity is a compulsion, not an ambition.

It's better for people to miss you than to have seen too much of you.

I tend to relate to a character in terms of the arc: what's interesting is where he starts versus where he ends up.