I think that the success of the film is as much about it being something that families could share as anything else.

It is an incredible thing to see how many crazy things get thrown out that people then often write commentaries about how happy they are or how disappointed they are about something that's completely false. But, it's a lot of noise, frankly.

I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality.

Well, we knew that we wanted to tell a story that made bold choices, and one of those bold choices was meeting a storm trooper and seeing who this person was. That's something that had never been done.

As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was.

Mystery is more important than knowledge.

When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.