The mainstream usually follows trends, it seldom sets them except for a few films.

It's an honor putting art above politics. Politics can be seductive in terms of things reductive to the soul.

Utah is changing. There are good people in Utah. More people want to change the discriminatory laws than want to keep them. People should be able to marry whomever they love.

I've been able to carve out spaces for myself. At Sundance, I'm in the mountains - my property is private. I get on a horse and ride for three, four hours. Sometimes five. I get lost. But when I'm in, I'm in.

We've poisoned the air, the water, and the land. In our passion to control nature, things have gone out of control. Progress from now on has to mean something different. We're running out of resources and we are running out of time.

If you could ever do a project that really has magic in it, and justifiable magic, you should do it.

Let's get something straight - I don't see myself as beautiful.