Oh, I was completely hooked on movies and plays and theater from the time I was a day old; I was very, very early on in love with movies and I loved plays.

I was born on Wellington Avenue and my family that remains lives in the Lake Shore Drive area.

God, I'd love to do a big commercial movie that made a lot of money and whose plot was interesting too.

I was very much in my room with my marionette stage, you know, creating these incredibly boring things that I felt were so fascinating, and forcing my relatives to come, and charging money for them to see my little productions.

I always think that a director who knows about the technical side, but cares about the acting performances and casting as well, is ahead of the game.

I think some of the special effects in Close Encounters hold up better than the new more expensive special effects is because they were better actually.

I mean, the whole idea of movies was it was special to go to see; you went to a movie theater to see something that was magical and amazing, in a very special location.