I was an altar boy, a spokesperson for the Virgin Mary, I was a choir boy but then at the age of 14 I discovered masturbation and all that went out the window.

Screenplay is the toughest form of writing for me, because you need to be in present tense. You need to be describing things as they occur.

With every movie I produce, I learn something. I watch the directors. It's like the relationship you have with your children. I'm there to learn from my daughters. They are the perfect spirits.

I think there are movies that are so gigantic that you need a second unit

When the monster has a dimension that allows you to humanize it, that's the route I usually want to go.

You give yourself to the world for people to either praise or destroy.

Studios look backward. Filmmakers look forward.