I grew up in a place where no one knew anyone in the entertainment business, I never knew it was an actual career.

Listen, whatever makes the movie better. That's the attitude you have to have.

I was always looking for a career that could combine my creative interests with my technical side, and it ends up directing films is the perfect combination.

Sometimes with these things all the pieces fall into place. I mean, we've been talking about this for years and we don't have the script now, but sometimes things fall into place very quickly, and if everything lines up it could happen.

In a science fiction movie, the first act is a little longer than it is in most movies because there is so much world building to do.

Hopefully, great science fiction films help you think about issues that relate to yourself, whether it's: What's my purpose? Why am I here? What is it that makes me who I am? Those are the kind of questions my favorite science fiction films ask.

Any film is a collaborative process, you've got thousands and thousands of people working on it.