It's hard to pay attention these days because of multiple affects of the information technology nowadays. You tend to develop a faster, speedier mind, but I don't think it's necessarily broader or smarter.

When did Noah build the boat? - Before the rain.

The art of making a film and its content are far more interesting to me than the result or impact.

The country is so wounded, bleeding, and hurt right now. The country needs to be healed-it's not going to be healed from the top, politically. How are we going to heal? Art is the healing force.

I think Hollywood... well, there is no Hollywood anymore so let's just call it the mainstream since the business is no longer Hollywood producing its own films and then distributing, they just distribute.

People are becoming more and more aware of how the dominance of development and business is altering their lives and, in particular, their own heritage.

People have been so busy relating to how I look, it's a miracle I didn't become a self-conscious blob of protoplasm.