All movies are alchemy and time is one of the ingredients that goes into the alchemy. You want the time to be right; you don't want to rush it. You need the right script, the right cast and the right feeling in the culture.

This is what I do for fun - brainstorm about monsters!

Ive found that if you just try to make the film you want, youll find the right audience. If you try to please everyone, youre going to make really boring films.

Filmmaking is incredible introspective. It forces you to sort of examine yourself in new ways.

The truth is, writing and directing are two very different jobs. They're not even remotely the same job. It took me a while, as a director, to understand that.

That's kind of how I've based my career. I find talented people and beg me to let me work with them.

In a weird way, it's much easier, when I don't have to worry about being a writer, to just worry about the director job, which is really fun.