I've been very fortunate in that I've had wonderful relationships with people I've worked with.

Work hard and figure out how to be useful and don't try to imitate anybody else's success. Figure out how to do it for yourself with yourself.

San Franciscans are very proud of their city, and they should be. It’s the most beautiful place in the world.

It's an honor putting art above politics. Politics can be seductive in terms of things reductive to the soul.

The tough thing about adulthood is it starts before you even know it starts.

I have the freedom to take chances, to say no. I have the freedom to be who I really want to be, rather than have to conform to this or that just to stay alive.

Be careful of success; it has a dark side.

If you could ever do a project that really has magic in it, and justifiable magic, you should do it.

There's a lot of money to be made by strip-mining and drilling the dirtiest oil on the planet. But why should the rest of us pay the price?

I'm not a facelift person. I am what I am.

I guess there are different ways to handle success. You can multiply it financially and use it to multiply your net worth. That's always been very appealing to me.

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

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

Have a strong vision about the story you want to tell and how you want to tell it.

As a director, I wouldn't like me as an actor. As an actor, I wouldn't like me as a director.

I am passionate. I am political about my country, about what it is, how strong it is, how strong it remains.

'Butch Cassidy' was the only film I ever enjoyed making.

I have a very low regard for cynics. I think it's the beginning of dying.

The world around us is in a sea change, and I think the glory of art is that it cannot only survive change, it can lead it