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.

If anyone would have been paying serious attention to my puppet shows, I would have been sent to therapy very young.

My family was loving... they were very supportive and very affectionate, and basically I could do what I wanted, and basically it wasn't anything dangerous, thank God.

I've directed a fair amount of television series - so I'm always trying to learn new things. One episode was all hand-held and I'm trying to get better at when you should do things and when you should just shut up and watch what the people are saying.

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

I loved being in Close Encounters, just to watch Steven Spielberg working was exciting.

Yes I try to do everything I can not to fail hideously.