I've always believed in populating my films with characters who we like, who we have some warmth for, who have warmth for each other, who we would like to hang out with, who we emulate in one way or another.

I'd always been a science fiction enthusiast.

Also watching a movie on DVD is different than watching it in the theater.

We got some devastating reviews on Animal House at the start.

We watch movies about all sorts of things that we don't know anything about, but we do get caught up in the human drama.

I've always believed in populating my films with characters who we like, who we have some warmth for, who have warmth for each other, who we would like to hang out with, who we emulate in one way or another. It's not that they all get along, or that there aren't bad people or people we make fun of. But at the core, there's a kind of sweetness.

I never like to do parodies. I never do. It's just not my style of comedy.