I think every good, entertaining movie should have a message. I really believe that, because if you do it without it, the film feels a little bit soulless.

I would say, when it comes to comedy, I think Matthew Broderick was great.

It's like everybody is obsessed with Hollywood movies worldwide. And even though everybody hates the Americans, they're still watching American movies.

It's still the White House exploding [in "Independence Day"]. It was just so provocative, and no one had ever done it before. I remember when we shot it, how everyone was excited.

There's not really much destruction in New York besides the weather and it's a natural force so it's not like any destruction. But LA gets leveled (laughs). That's my comment to Hollywood.

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Actually, when I did "10,000 B.C.," in the middle of production, I wanted to quit my job, because everything went wrong.