I've said that "2012" was my favorite ensemble cast, because it was so evenly good.

There's a rule in Hollywood: stay away from water and stay away from snow, and I had both.

I was, it was very high. Especially with international (box office), we did something that I didn't think this movie ["2012"] would do. I was very happy.

In the end [of the "2012"], there were no ships, no water, no nothing. Only the interiors [were real]. Everything else had to be made, and that is always challenging.

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.

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.

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