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

It's sort of the most important thing for acting, is to listen to the person you're dealing with.

When you're working with movie stars, part of the deal is that, if they have something to say, you'd better listen. You don't have to absolutely listen and not talk, but there is another creative force at work, and to be successful working with movie stars, you have to bring that force to work for you. You have to find something that's comfortable for them, and at the same time, that's in the parameters of what you're trying to do yourself.

I'd always been a science fiction enthusiast.

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

Well, actually, I did start out in comedies. Very, very early.

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.