One of the great things is, you're never a producer unless you're making a movie.

There's so many people that are interested in film and especially in terms of the technology side of film, that suddenly the fruits of everybody's labor is really starting to manifest itself all across the planet.

It has absolutely no meaning to me to be an executive producer on a film that I have nothing to do with except come to the wrap party or the premiere on; it's just meaningless.

It's easy to be a backseat driver. It's even easier to be a backseat driver when you're not even in the same car.

The only way I can stop people from stealing is also not to steal myself, and it's one of the most difficult things.

You need somebody to have the idea, you need somebody who can deal with the studio and the normal things, but it's too different of a credit. That credit is usually given to the executive producer. It's not the producer.

Every single frame, every single shot in the movie, has a digital effect.