Occasionally I do movies with other directors. I did 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' for Julian Schnabel. I did a movie with Jim Brooks ('How Do You Know'). I did a movie with Judd Apatow ('Funny People'). So I do get a chance to work with other people, which is always enjoyable, always pleasant. But still, Steven [Spielberg] makes the types of movies that I'm interested in as well.

The greatest directors are the greatest users. They use people's talents to tell the story that they want to tell.

We exchanged a couple of ideas and stuff like that, but that's about it. I just think ... consulting on 'Tintin' was very interesting because you try to ... not educate, but inform the animators [about] what the lighting looks like, but [in the end] they do it themselves. I don't actually go and sit there with them. [We] just had a couple of conversations.

It would be horrible to be micro-managed! I don't think directors can really micro-manage people. It's just impossible.

Really fantastic film, 'Munich'. So yeah, if I would say, what's the most underappreciated film, I think 'Munich' would be the one.

'American Dream' is a small little movie made for under a million dollars. Totally independent feature.

There are films that are difficult. There are films that would actually affect your personal life because of the length of the production, how long [you're away] from the family.