I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn't give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you.

Really, what are the options? Levi's or Wranglers. And you just pick one. It's one of those life choices.

I could take Sean Connery in a fight... I could definitely take him.

Nothing shocks me. I'm a scientist.

I was one of the few people who thought Star Wars was going to work, and I hadn't even seen any special effects.

I don't think nostalgia is very useful to me. There is a story to be told, there's behaviour to create or to bring to the screen that will help tell that story, and nostalgia is just not really a big part of my emotional package.

Everything I do, I'm sort of half in, half out.