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

Not taking a risk is a risk. That's how I see it.

All of the films that I've made are about the country I live in and grew up in... And I think if you're going to put an artist's eye to it, you're going to put a critical eye to it. I've always been interested in the gray area that exists between the black and white, or the red and blue, and that's where complexity lies.

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

When I was a kid, nobody told me I was good-looking. I wish they had. I would've had a better time.

I have a lot of land. I bought it because I had a very strong feeling. I was in my early twenties, and I had grown up in Los Angeles and had seen that city slide off into the sea from the city I knew as a little kid. It lost its identity - suddenly there was cement everywhere and the green was gone and the air was bad - and I wanted out.

Golf has become so manicured, so perfect. The greens, the fairways. I don't like golf carts. I like walking. Some clubs won't let you in unless you have a caddy and a cart.