I never wanted money worries to slow me down or make me take a job I didn't want.

I mean, look, I love movies, not just the ones I make... In fact, I don't like the movies I make very much.

What science-fiction premises do is it gives you a "what-if" prism to look at the contemporary world with a wack on the side of the head.

When I'm introduced as a two-time Oscar winner, I'm happy that a film of mine has found an audience and some acclaim because that keeps me in business. A filmmaker's greatest concern is the ability to make future films, so it helps keep me in business.

I don't want all of American cinema to be big cartoons that are just made to be digested by the entire world.

I don't feel despair because I am able to make the films I want to make, and that gives me hope.

I like actors who, when you see them on screen, you sense a person, not just an actor.