I've just looked for ideas and great characters that I relate to and that I think I can offer something to the audience, and I no longer look at them as experiments or genre exercises at all.

The sooner we become a multi-planet species, the safer the species is, and the stronger the guarantee that we're going to continue to evolve.

I just don't think of myself as an actor much at all, so I don't lust after any particular roles.

Humor is unavoidable. It might not feel funny in the moment, but more often than not there's a light at the end of the tunnel.

If I had to choose between a great acting job and a good directing job, I'd choose the directing job.

You're always a little surprised when something really takes off.

Of course, I was completely enthralled by the space program as a kid - particularly Apollo 11 - and was glued to the television like most of the world. Then I stopped thinking about it too much. I was a little disappointed that they weren't going on to Mars at the time, but I didn't think much of it. I was more interested in becoming a director at that point in my life and falling in love, things like that.