I've been obsessed with doomsday for a long time - the idea that different cultures respond to it differently, and religions will change people's outlook on it.

It's really hard as a screenwriter, you feel like you have a vision and then you turn it over to a director and you have to let it go.

In the '90s there were these great end of the world movies like 'Armageddon' and 'Deep Impact'... I always liked the idea of what people on the ground are doing, not so much the people who are trying to stop the world from ending.

Make the movie your way. Surround yourself with people who know more than you.

We didn't miss it. This is it. C'mon. You wanna go home?

I'm a person that thinks time is very precious and our only commodity... It's so upsetting when I feel like something has wasted my time.

Don't compromise when you're right.