I love short trips to New York; to me it is the finest three-day town on earth.

Every time you dive, you hope you'll see something new - some new species. Sometimes the ocean gives you a gift, sometimes it doesn't.

If you faced a long hungry period with nothing between you and starvation but a bit of barley and a pig, you'd be better off turning the barley into beer and letting the pig starve.

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.

The film industry is about saying 'no' to people, and inherently you cannot take 'no' for an answer.

My mother was a housewife but she was also an artist. My father was an electrical engineer.

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.