The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that it's all in the story.

God, I just love baseball.

I can't go into a bar anywhere without someone starting to play 'the Entertainer'.

I am a cynical optimist. Big opening weekends are like cotton candy. The films you will remember over time are the films that stick in the consciousness of the audience in a good way.

I didn’t want the attacks to affect me. I don’t believe you should be led by fear.

When I was a kid I was not a good student. I went to the University of Colarado, my grades were poor. I was asked to leave after a year. What I really wanted to do was to be an artist.

I would see my hometown, Los Angeles, change. Green space and orange groves gave way to cement, freeways flooded with traffic, and air pollution, all in the name of "progress." I felt like I was losing my home. It had a profound effect on me, and I realized just how important nature was to my spirit, my soul, my point of view.