Producers don't really publicize movies.

Nobody sets out to make a bad film, but so many of those compromises are made and often they're made because of vanity, pride and ego.

You have to be producing to be able to be called a producer.

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 so dense, every single image has so many things going on.

Most people who love movies and kind of understand the process realize that if you do a character like Gollum or Jar Jar or any major digital character, that costs twice as much as having Tom Cruise in a movie.

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.