I'd like to use IMAX. The problem with IMAX is that it's a very loud camera. It's a very unreliable camera. Only so much film can be in the camera. You can't really do intimate scenes with it.

We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that.

When you work on something that combines both the spectacular and the relatable, the hyperreal and the real, it suddenly can become supernatural. The hypothetical and the theoretical can become literal.

I think admitting youre an addict is the first step towards recovery.

When I was a little kid - and even still - I loved magic tricks. When I saw how movies got made - at least had a glimpse when I went on the Universal Studios tour with my grandfather, I remember feeling like this was another means by which I could do magic.

Whenever a toddler sees a pile of blocks, he wants to tear it down.

When I was a kid, it was a huge insult to be a geek. Now it's a point of pride in a weird way.