In short form I'll say it was an approach to the family and to [author] Jon Krakauer that then led to me seeming to rise to the top of the heap of several filmmakers that were trying to get the rights. And by top of the heap I mean in terms of being somebody that was trusted to do it as they said they were going to attempt to do it and that this way of doing it would be something they would be willing to allow.

All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine

Oh, I'm a big-mouth. I said a lot of things.

I have a regret that the entire discussion [with El Chapo]... ignores its purpose, which was to try to contribute to this discussion about the policy in the War on Drugs.

I don't believe there are climate skeptics. I think there are people who indulge in a culture of what can be reduced to Fox network thinking. That has nothing to do with the politics that apply to the protection of quality of life in any sense. It's like talking to a member of a cult.

I can make a better living as an actor than I can as a director. Though I certainly would prefer to be directing movies.

It's pretty much rock-'n'-roll. I sit down and start feeling stuff and writing.