Now is not the time to repudiate environmental balance, but rather it is the time for all of us to work together - politician, advocate, rancher, scientist, and citizen. Only by doing this will the United States move forward and be a leader in environmental issues and ensure sustainability to our delicate ecosystem.

I guess the optimistic thing is that those people in Congress who are climate deniers, I think their time has run out.

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

The way you really find out about the performer's seriousness about the cause is how long they stay with it when the spotlight gets turned off. You see a lot of celebrities switch gears. They go from the environment to animal rights to obesity or whatever. That I don't have a lot of respect for.

I didn't think about politics until I came to Europe.

Ambiguity is something that I really respond to. I like the complexity of it.

Have a strong vision about the story you want to tell and how you want to tell it.