I don't ever blink, honestly.

I'm very competitive. I just go with what engages or fascinates me in my work and that's it. I have no definition; I just love to do it.

I knew exactly what to do on Alien, it was funny.

I was a very earnest, hard working boy at school, but my parents were distressed because I was always bottom of the class. But I wasn't dilatory, I worked like crazy.

Audiences are less intrigued, honestly, by battle. They're more intrigued by human relations. If you're making a film about the trappings of the period, and you're forgetting that human relationships are the most engaging part of the storytelling process, then you're in trouble.

I think if I'm going to do a science fiction, I'm going to go down a new path that I want to do.

I want to make films about the human condition, what we're doing to the world or ourselves.