There is a hugely underserved population out there... those who are the least capable of paying pay the highest.

The nation that leads in renewable energy will be the nation that leads the world 10, 20 years from now.

When the ship docks, I'm getting off with you. This is crazy. I know it doesn't make any sense, that's why I trust it.

If it was up to the studio, everything would be shot with a camcorder.

I probably spend more time writing than reading science fiction. I find that science-fiction literature is so reactive to all the literature that's gone before that it's sort of like a fractal. It's gone to a level of detail that the average person could not possibly follow unless you're a fan. It iterates upon many prior generations of iterations.

I had pictured myself as a filmmaker but I had never pictured myself as a director if that makes any sense at all.

Religions fulfill deep-seated psychological needs for people, and if you don't get it from a specific religious doctrine, you'll get it from the kind of films I like to make. A film like The Terminator is consciously meant to give a sense of empowerment to the individual.