I never knew Steve Jobs. I met him once, but I never knew him. But growing up in the Silicon Valley, he was the hero. He was the guy.

Each movie is different because each audience is different. You're not dictated by what they tell you to do. You're more dictated by seeing symptoms of things you didn't intend, and how you can fix those symptoms.

I like to dance, but I'm not a dancer.

I love 3-D, and for certain movies it can be really great, and for certain movies it can be poison.

I just feel so lucky to tell stories and make up stories and share them with people.

I make movies that I enjoy making and tell stories that I want to see, so it’s hard. You never reverse engineer those things and go, “What would appeal to this or that?” Even if I tried, I don’t know. I’m an all-American kid.

You're never going to satisfy everybody.