All of us have that feeling of some deficiency from our childhood. I think that's a universal thing.

Writing in a lot of ways feels more like excavation than construction. It feels like you're uncovering this thing bit by bit, discovering what it is, instead of constructing it upwards.

That's part of the appeal of time-travel movies: The notion of going back and fixing something.

Showing your movie to an audience... it's like your kid doing a piano recital. 'Just let it not fail. Please.

All of us have that feeling of some deficiency from our childhood. I think that's a universal thing.

When you're writing is when the "god should I just drop this" feeling can hit. When you're editing is when the "god this is awful and I've wasted everyone's time and money and will be revealed as a fraud" feeling can hit.

Even if I had $200 million, I’m very wary of overusing CGI. I think it’s a great tool and it can be used really effectively, but I feel like it does tend to be overused and especially in sci-fi stuff.