Costa Quotes

"I`ve just bought 800 acres of forest on the border of Panama and Costa Rica. I want to buy the last "first growth forest" and turn it into a national park. It`s a human tragedy of immense proportions. Many native Indians in that region are losing their homes daily, and it`s going to affect both you and me, because that`s where most of the world`s oxygen comes from. The Amazon rain forests are the world`s lungs and without them we will not be able to breath. It`s a very scary thought and it`s not too far off."

I`m an equestrian, so I like to ride. Ride horses, I love to hike with my dog, love to travel. Most recently I went to Costa Rica, which I loved.

(On River Phoenix) "The nicest memory I have of him is when we went down to his family`s property in Costa Rica, and we`d eat these mangoes for breakfast. River had them dripping all over him. When he ate, he ate with his hands. For me, he`ll always be that beautiful, drippy mess."

One day in 1960 I was going through my collection of Al Jolson and Judy Garland records, and I played Al`s "Are You Lonesome Tonight". I said, "Daddy, come listen to this. I could make it a No. 1 song". He agreed and I called Don Costa in to do the arrangement. I said, "I`m more excited about recording this song than anything I`ve ever cut." We were in the car on our way to New York when the radio played (Elvis Presley`s) "new" single, "Are You Lonesome Tonight?". Can you believe that? I was literally on my way to the studio to record it. How do you like that? Elvis even did the recitation part just like Al Jolson did.

A lot of films made me love the movies, everything from Hitchcock to Godard. But the ones that really grabbed me were Costa-Gavras`s films like Z" and "State of Siege.""

We need to basically educate Costa Ricans that they shouldn`t cut down the rain forest and should use shadow coffee, which is grown underneath the trees.

His imprint on Mira Costa will last forever.

Leasure showed me some pretty good things down in Costa Rica.

I thank the Costa Rican people for their confidence.