Since half of all trees cut go to making paper, the only meaningful way to address destruction of our forest is to change the way paper is made.

If you eat chicken, maybe you're on one level. If you wear a mink coat, maybe you're on another level. But if you wear cosmetics, cosmetics that are tested on animals, then you're just unconscious. Really, my message is simple. It's a message of compassion. In this world that is spinning madly out of control, we have to realize that we're all related. We have to try to live harmoniously.

Economically, many folks don't feel they can afford organic. While this may be true in some cases, I think more often than not it's a question of priority. I feel it's one of the most important areas of concern ecologically, because the petrochemical giants - DuPont, Monsanto - make huge money by poisoning us.

I think, on a personal level, everybody, when you go through the checkout line after you get your groceries and they say, 'Paper or plastic?' We should be saying, 'Neither one.' We should have our own cloth bags.

I think the world's still gonna be here in another 10, 20 years. But I'm not feeling great about things ecologically.

I think I'm probably a better sport. You tend to really just freak when you lose. You have a real hard time with it.

Some people make a great film and then they can't follow up.