I weren't an actor, I'd be a wildlife biologist or forest ranger.
Americans don't pay much attention to environmental issues, because they aren't sexy. I mean, cleaning up coal plants and reining in outlaw frackers is hugely important work, but it doesn't get anybody's pulse racing.
I'm not a poster boy for Conservation International. I'm a working member of the board.
I work with nature, although in completely new terms.
The improvement of forest trees is the work of centuries. So much more the reason for beginning now.
I feel that working environmentalists are, in the main, happier than armchair environmentalists.
I'm a very down-to-earth person, but it is my job to make that earth more pleasant.
Much like the conservationists who previously have received the Audubon Medal, including Stewart Udall, Rachel Carson and Ted Turner, I realize that this recognition cannot be a cause to rest, but a spur to continue our work.
My dad worked for the Fish and Wildlife Service, and he worked for the Department of Interior, you know, like the federal government. And consequently, I was outdoors a lot in my lifetime.
