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.

Unless you go out and say what you stand for, other people will do it for you.

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

I jumped 18 cars on a motorcycle, so I did almost everything.

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

Yeah, getting the company that would help advertise and cross promote the movie on the release was an important factor for New Line, so we went out to a lot of different companies.

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.