All great sci-fi is: Be careful what you wish for.

I'm not glass-half-full, glass-half-empty; I'm like, "There's a glass?"

I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.

Star Wars' is a galaxy a long time ago, far, far away. 'Star Wars' is not about our future.

Everything I've ever been a fan of, whether it's Star Wars or the New York Jets, I've also been very hard on at times. It's sort of like, I go to a Jets game, I want them to win, but the minute they fumble the ball, I go, "I f**king knew it! F**king Jets!" That's part of loving something. As long as you love it, you have carte blanche to critique it as well, of course. That's part of being a fan of anything.

I've always been really interested in the future, and I feel like all of the movies that I've been exposed to, over the course of the last 20 to 30 years, have shown me a future that I don't really want to be living in.

If you're the guy who basically shows up with coal at the locomotive, they will put it in the train. Like, they won't even assess whatever or not it's good coal. Just throw it in there.