It was 1978 when Superman came out, and I kept thinking, Why don't they do something about it? They've done all these crappy attempts at comic book film adaptations. What can we do different? Why don't we just re-release this thing?

I think what some people are doing with effects is starting to get silly. It's overused.

I realized what you could do in motion pictures by surrounding yourself with geniuses.

People say, You paid your dues, but I never paid any dues. It's always been a great trip.

It was the beginning of film for television. So we had all of these great opportunities. Northwestern was probably the only major film school of its kind at the time that was graduating anybody important.

In motion pictures, the actor rules. The camera served the actor.

If you had the opportunity and some talent, there was no way you couldn't progress, because it was an open market. There was the advertising world, and there was the documentary world.