There's no independent satisfaction without the success of the film itself. The feel that you have done the best you can to support the film.

I had never even thought about doing something that I'd never done before or proving anything.

'May the Force be with you' is charming but it's not important. What's important is that you become the Force - for yourself and perhaps for other people.

When I was a carpenter, I once worked with this Russian lady architect. I would tell her, ‘Look, I’m terribly sorry, but I want to change that a half inch,’ and she would say, ‘No limit for better.’ I think that is a worthy credo. You keep on going until you get it as close to being right as the time and patience of others will allow.

Wood burns faster when you have to cut and chop it yourself.

I thought it was funny. I always thought Star Wars and Indiana Jones were basically comedies. The humour came out of their relationships; it came out of the fact that we were basically types.

Our health relies entirely on the vitality of our fellow species on Earth.