You Can't Completely Control The Sport -

Radio, Newspapers, They Were Normal Parts Of My Life. In Those Days, You Had To Go Somewhere To Watch Television And Leave Something To See It.

Curiously, Directing My Own Films Have Made Me More Tolerant And Patient. I've Always Been An Extremely Impatient Actor. Waiting Around Drove Me Nuts. But Now I'm Much More Sympathetic To A Director's Struggle.

When I Was About Fifteen, I Went To Work At Yosemite National Park. It Changed Me Forever. Nature Had Carved Its Own Sculpture, And I Was Part Of It, Not The Other Way Around.

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.

Television Tells Us Only The Things It Wants To. It Still Feeds Us Heroes, It Still Offers Villains. And Even Though We Know Better Than To Always Trust It, We Still Watch.