I was blessed to look well and retain a youthful look but that was just genes. I was disappointed when critics started pointing out my wrinkles. I thought, you mean this is what it's gonna be about now? I'm not going to be permitted to be human?

I don't see myself as beautiful. I was a kid who was freckle-faced, and they used to call me 'hay head.'

The entertainment person gets a certain credibility, and the politician gets a certain notoriety. I'm against it.

San Franciscans are very proud of their city, and they should be. It’s the most beautiful place in the world.

Storytelling is important. Part of human continuity.

Essentially, my kids grew up with the emphasis on the environment because I became a political activist in about 1969 and it was not an easy time. Those were the days when the oil and gas companies pretty much controlled the show and anybody speaking about solar energy or carbon energy would get smashed down as being a radical or a tree-hugger or what have you. So I was out there feeling very often alone and my kids would get that.

It's good to say, 'Look, I can't always be right, but my gut tells me this' - and then you confirm with your gut.