As a kid, I wanted to be an astronaut. And my own passion was that I wanted to be a film director. I realized that being an astronaut was not going to be an option, so I said, "Well, I'm going to be a director and do films in space."

Cautionary tales were fantastic in the '70s.

The amazing thing is that the more money it takes for a movie to get made, the more you feel like everybody wants you to fail.

I guess I have a short attention span! I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges.

I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges. I always said the only reason to make a film is not for the result but for what you learn for the next one.

Historically, there is a fight between the sound designer and the composer. You see them in the mixing room and they're always fighting because the composer wants the music to be heard and the sound designer wants the sound to be heard.

The only reason you make a movie is not to make or set out to do a good or a bad movie, it's just to see what you learn for the next one.