The technology is available to us today to begin the transition to 100 percent renewable energy. What is keeping us from making that transition is nothing more than misinformation, a lack of knowledge by most people of what is available, and an unwillingness on the part of many of our politicians for either ideological slavishness or something more self-serving, like major campaign contributions from the oil and gas corporations or from utilities who enjoy the monopoly they have on our energy systems.

My kids get very upset with me when I leave to do film work, but they have a lot of patience with me when I leave to do environmental work.

But in my heart of hearts, this is the kind of thing... this is what everyone is struggling with in their lives - relationships and family. To me, it's always an interesting area to mine. I'm drawn to it.

I remember riding my bike down the boardwalk with nowhere to go and looking at the girls. It was really innocent.

I didn't like the distance between my family and myself that I was experiencing from having to work all the time.

I think of marriage as a garden. You have to tend to it. Respect it, take care of it, feed it. Make sure everyone is getting the right amount of, um, sunlight.

Even if my movies weren't big blockbusters, directors generally liked me, so they would fight for me.