When we shot "Stargate," he [ Jaye Davidson] came up to me at one point and said, "I don't like shooting movies," and I said, "Why?" "Too many people stare at me." I said, "Then you're totally in the wrong business."

I'm a filmmaker, not a scientist.

When it comes to action, I'd say Mel Gibson and Will [Smith] were great.

["2012"] it was really more about the subject matter, and to do a modern retelling of Noah's Ark, a flood story.

The President of the United States has super star status. He's not a normal person, because he's protected like no other person in the world and if this man's life is in danger, the whole world is kind of in peril in a way, because the leader of the free world could fall into the hands of terrorists.

I'm finished with destroying for a while. It's not like I'm running around saying, 'What else can I destroy?'

When you find something where you can give people a message and still make it an exciting movie, you get very, very excited about something. You probably even work harder than you normally do.