Good FBI officers are not noticeable. You would never look at them.

Politics is very interesting and always leads to conflict.

I'm not criticizing Hollywood because I work there, I partly live there. But I'm saying this is the way it is, commerce is taking over art. Commerce has become the most important thing in the film industry. Hollywood is an industry, it's not an art form, therefore they have to address the bottom line. But in a way it's sad when you get a remake, isn't it?

The whole process of making movies and writing screenplays is visceral and intuitive.

MPC, Moving Picture Company, they're really excellent, they did the majority of the effects.

I think going into space would be like going deep into the ocean, like 5,000 meters down. When you go down that far, it's just awfully black. There's not much there except mud and some particles. I imagine space would be a similar thing. The only difference is you're hoping to bump into some sort of intelligent extraterritorial being.

How can you look at the galaxy and not feel insignificant?