At some point, you can't take a risk just to take a risk because that's a betrayal, in and of itself.

One person's magical thinking is another person's cynicism.

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

I've always been into having stories told to me. I was a voracious reader, my father was also a teller of tales; and the kind of Baron Munchausen proxy of a tall tale was much more interesting than a true tale.

The fun thing about doing origin stories is you are introducing the audience to characters.

I can't live my life under the sort of "I cannot fail" philosophy, because then every time I do fail, which feels more inevitable than me being perfect all the time, it's going to be soul crushing. And more importantly, I'll never take any risks.

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.