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.

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

Behind every great man is a woman. Telling him he's not so hot.

When I met scientists, I found them to be as various as any other group of people.

I am my age. I'm not making any effort to change it.

I think people only have so much interest in anybody, and if you barrage them in between the times you have something to offer them you become a personality rather than an actor - much more short-lived. I only work once a year. And that's enough.

It's a wonderful opportunity to be part of a child's growing up, which is always an endless springtime. You see the blossoming and the growing and the nurturing and the payoff.