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" The first time I had sat down to a meal I had grown on my own, along with a bottle of wine that we had made, I burst into tears. To be in touch and be in tune with that is an extraordinary gift. "

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" Spiritually, we're all on a path. I haven't declared of defined myself because as soon as you declare yourself you're identifying with a certain dogma. "

Emilio Estevez

Yourself

You

Path

" Where people are now in terms of the economic crisis, they're looking at what we think is the bottom, and I think that's when people look to film and to spirituality. "

" We're a very close family and we're a very real family, and I think every real family has real problems. "

" We get very set in our ways and it's sometimes hard to look beyond what else is out there. "

" You look at 1968 and it was truly the year that shook the world. The world was really completely upside down. "

" I probably grow half my food. It's a good way to keep perspective. "

" The first couple of pictures I wrote and directed were dreadful, because I was dealing in worlds that were not familiar to me, and writing about fantasy. They were just not anything I was really connected to. "

Emilio Estevez

Writing

First

" If only media people would stop reaching for the low-hanging fruit, which is cynicism and pessimism, and stopped trying so hard to be hip and cool and have a swagger. "

" I believe the death of Bobby Kennedy was in many ways the death of decency in America. I think it was the death of manners and formality, the death of poetry and the death of a dream. "

" In the current climate, we live in a pessimistic and non-idealistic world. "

" I'm not a Luddite, but I'm outside more than I'm on my computer. We have a micro-farm - it's a step up from a garden. We have a pretty extensive vineyard. We grow about 60 percent of our own food, make our own wine, have chickens for eggs. "

" By definition, I believe I am unapologetically optimistic and I am unapologetically earnest. "

Emilio Estevez

I Believe

I Am

" We're all imperfect. And wouldn't it be great if the message sent out by the mainstream media is that we're fine being exactly who we are? Wouldn't that be great for everyone? "

" A biopic would have required hiring an actor, and I always wanted to just let Bobby be Bobby. My thought was it would make it a more universal story to focus on ordinary people rather than this extraordinary man. "

Emilio Estevez

Thought

People

" In making certain things easier for people, technology has actually demotivated people from using their brains. We have all these devices that keep us connected, and yet we're more disconnected than ever before. Why is that? "

" I still have the art projects my kids made for me 20 years ago. I cherish them, crude and silly as some of them may be. "

" There is a part of me that still wants to go out and grab a backpack and unplug - not take a cellphone or even a camera and just get out there and experience the world and travel. I have yet to do that, but someday I hope. "

Emilio Estevez

World

Travel

" When people ask what were the qualities of Bobby Kennedy that they most admired, it was first that he was tough. Second, he told the truth and third, he stood up for the little guy. "

Emilio Estevez

Ask

First

" I have a problem with objectifying women, but I don't have a problem playing a guy who objectifies women. "

" My mother missed having dinner with Lyndon Johnson because she couldn't find the right hat to wear. While my father went off to the white house to break bread with the President, my mother, who's not a things and stuff person, stayed at the hotel and tried on 10 different hats and missed dinner. "

" I think I've matured to a great extent. I think that I want different things now. That it's not about the celebrity status that you receive because you're doing the next hot movie. It's about doing good work. "

" You make a film and you don't know who it's going to appeal to. "

" All the crap that we've encumbered our lives with, it's really meaningless. "

" I saw a headshot with the name 'Emilio Sheen' printed under it and it looked terrible. "

" We've lost touch and allowed technology to take precedence over organic nature. But let's not forget that those microchips in our computers came from elements of the earth. "

" Writing is a lonely job unless you're a drinker, in which case you always have a friend within reach. "

" This is one of the benefits, as well as one of the difficulties of directing a member of your family. You know where the buttons are. You can push them if you want. "

" There is no doubt that directing television has helped hone my directing skills. What television teaches you is to be efficient and to think on your feet. You have to adhere to strict deadlines and budget constraints. "

" Literally, if someone says I am grounded, everyday I am at home, I actually have my hands in the ground and dirt under my fingernails. I don't have a staff to do it all for me. I still plant a seed and I'm amazed it grows. "

" People are beautiful wrecks. "