Whenever you're playing sports with people who are better than you are, it makes you rise to the occasion.

It's not a bad way to live once you let go of the idea that you deserve more.

I sort of love the idea of, you know, watching something and then having to wait for the next episode.

I quickly said that, because of my loyalty to 'Star Trek' and also just being a fan, I wouldn’t even want to be involved in the next version of those things. I declined any involvement very early on. I’d rather be in the audience not knowing what was coming, rather than being involved in the minutiae of making them.

But I'm grateful for everyone who would want to read a spoiler because it means that they care and want to see the movie. I know what it feels like, as an enormous Star Wars fan myself.

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

I guess the idea of not wanting to choose to direct a film, for which I've not read a script. It's a tough decision to make without seeing any pages. That's not to say that I don't have all the faith in the world in the spectacular writers.