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I Think That The Environmental Movement Is Wisely Moving Away From A Largely Emotion-based Argument For The Spiritual Or Intrinsic Value Of Nature With A Capital "n" And Evolving Toward A Very Hard-nosed Case For The Economic Value Of Natural Capital, Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity, Etc.

Most Of Us Still Believe In The Intrinsic Value Of Nature, But I Think The First Century Of The Environmental/conservation Movement Demonstrated Pretty Clearly That This Value Cannot Compel A Civilization-wide Shift Toward Sustainable Behavior And Enterprise When Stacked Up Against The Urgent Economic And Social Needs Of 7 Billion People, Most Of Whom Are Struggling To Get Out Of Poverty.

I Don't Feel Insecure About Any Of This Work Anymore. Maybe I Don't Have What I Had When I Was Younger. I'm Not Really Hungry To Prove Anything To Anybody, Really. But When I Stand Outside Myself And Observe What I Think Are My Strengths And Weaknesses Going Into Directing, It's What You Just Said, An Affliction To Organize Moments.

I Don't Get Much Out Of Doing A Red Carpet.

If You Try To Make Interesting Films, You're Going To Be Disappointed Most Of The Time. I Choose Just Not To Look At It That Way. I Don't Look At American History X As A Failure, Or Fight Club As A Failure, Or 25th Hour As A Failure, Or Larry Flynt As A Failure, Or Any Of The Movies That I Care About That I've Made That Were Not Immediately Successful. I'll Stand With Those Movies Any Day Over 90 Percent Of The Movies That Came Out At The Same Time That Made A Hundred Million Dollars