Chris Columbus was really interesting to watch how he works with children.

You have to understand the tone of the movie, because if it's supposed to be funny, it can be funny violent like the Home Alone stuff, but you have to really understand the tone of what you're doing and make the action work for that and for the character.

I like Soderbergh, Spielberg, Lucas. There's a lot of talented guys out there obviously, and if you're a fan of films, you have to look at that stuff and learn from them.

Fourth Law of Thermodynamics: If the probability of success is not almost one, then it is damn near zero.

Its pretty rare for companies to have a snooping policy, although it is getting more common.

Waterworld was the best time of my life. It was physically demanding, but it was fun. I mean, you're in Hawaii for nine months shooting on the water every day.

Comedy. I think that's something I'd really like to do.