Every hour that you spend doing something, even if you love it more than anything, you're not with your family. Every project that you take on, that's another choice.

My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know.

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.

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.

Well, when Kathy Kennedy, who is the president of Lucasfilm, came to me to ask if I'd be interested in working on this "Star Wars" movie, we talked about a young woman at the center of the story from the outset. And it was something that was always an important part of this movie.

I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective.

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.