Science fiction is a way that I can go into the abstract, go into the imagination, and audiences are still willing to go along for the ride.

I've acted professionally since I was 16.

Without impending on your own personal choice, there are going to be those that wear the hat of religion and those that wear the hat of science. I still don't really understand why they can't wear both hats, because personally, I think that they go beautifully together.

I always say to myself that if I can make a movie that makes a kid smile or gives them some hope or something to get excited about, then I'm applying myself in the best way that I can. I don't think that just goes for kids. I think that it goes for adults, as well, and for families.

I'm always fearful of something happening to people I love. That doesn't go away.

God bless my father, but he always spoke in this continental, literary accent, probably because he was a professor of comparative literature and he made the decision to speak with distinction.

Generally my instinct is to not do biographical movies. I want to build characters and not be locked into playing a part in history.