I look at going to Hollywood as going behind enemy lines. You parachute in, set up the explosion, then fly out before it goes off.

I remember my dad came from Ireland and Scotland, and so he carried with him the fear of poverty. So when I wanted to break loose, it kind of made him very nervous.

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

I'm not interested in a film about golf but I am interested in golf as a metaphor.

Water is the sleeping giant issue of the 21st century and we all need to wake up about it.

I was producing things I was acting in, but I had never directed and I felt it was time. I was looking for a piece of material that was about behavior and feelings. When I read Judith Guest's book, I thought, This is it.

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.