I feel blessed that I get to be part of entertaining people in any capacity.

George Lucas is the reason that we got to make this movie, you know, he was the man that created this whole galaxy, and I am incredibly grateful to him. He's an artist and he's a grown-up. And I take him at his word, and it doesn't mean I agree with everything he says, but I respect, you know, his right to his opinion.

I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I think.

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

I'd love to do a movie where the monster is human, where the issue is not otherworldly, or horror or science fiction.

It's cool to be a nerd. There's a general understanding that smartphones didn't come from jocks. The digital age was foreseen by a group of short-sleeved, buttoned-down, white-shirted guys and their female equivalents designing the very stuff that's now ubiquitous.

I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.