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

I watched Someone to Watch Over Me the other night. I thought it was a really good movie. It's a great movie.

I always say to people when I'm trying to get something going, bringing on other producers or other directors, "You can think of 95 reasons why not to make a movie. You've got to address why you want to make the movie and get it done. Just do it." I tend to live by that rule.

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.

And I maintain good relationships with all the studios so I've never been bullied into any cut, frankly.

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

I spend a lot of my time just developing material; or the company does. That material can come from a book, can come from a newspaper, can come from a discussion and sometimes it can come from a script that got passed over and is floating around.