At the time of Polaroid - and I did a couple of other commercials just before I stopped doing that stuff - at that point I was at the level where they respect you and your opinion and all that sort of thing.

At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre design, stage design or television design.

I try hard not to judge anyone, and I try to bless everyone who is a part of my life, particularly anyone with whom I am having any problems

[Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.

There's not a word yet, for old friends who've just met.

I've always tried to present a positive view of the world in my work. It's so much easier to be negative and cynical and predict doom for the world than it is to try and figure out how to make things better. We have an obligation to do the latter.

The beauty of nature has been one of the great inspirations in my life.