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.

Confidence is preparation in action.

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

It was always my dream to be a director. A lot of it had to do with controlling my own destiny, because as a young actor you feel at everyone's disposal. But I wanted to become a leader in the business.

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

There's a very real argument that the minute we are capable of going to a planet, whether it's Mars or another one, and inhabiting it, that we really should.

It was always hard to find stories that I felt were, in and of themselves, fresh enough and intriguing enough .