It's always nice to anticipate working in something that you know people will have an appetite for.

If you're going to define me properly, you must think in terms of my failures as well as my successes.

I think you have to be very careful with effects that they don't overpower the story with the visual element.

The best movies are made from a point of view of an understanding of human nature and an understanding of history and an understanding of what motivates people, of what makes a good movie from an emotional place.

The only thing that I have done that is not mitigated by luck, diminished by good fortune, is that I persisted, and other people gave up.

Chadwick Boseman work as an actor, I think, is truly remarkable, and I had a great time working with him.

When we were making it [Star Wars], none of the effects were in. So the first time, I thought it was, you know, that - I mean, we were surrounded by English crew members that could hardly keep themselves together. They were, "Here comes the guy in the dog suit." They made fun of us, which was OK. But the first time I was sitting in a theater, and I saw all the effects in, and the big ship flew over the audience, and the sound rumbled, I pretty much thought we were close to home.