I realized that there was an actual job of making movies. They weren't created by elves.

If people enjoy the film, it can be really intriguing to see what created that film, how each one of those unique components came together, who the people are who did it and what it meant to them to do it.

I love making genre films. It's something I've really been attracted to since I was a kid, mostly because, as a kid, it was forbidden fruit.

I never really understood how movies were made, because it was such a technical accomplishment.

I realized that there was an actual job of making movies. They weren't created by elves.

I learned so much about the making of Star Wars and that became a real drive for me, right from the time I was 12 or 13.

I always wanted to tell stories. From the time I had 20 cents or a quarter in my pocket, I could peddle my old Rambler 500 down to the corner store and buy comic books.