In '83, not only was there no such thing as performance motion capture technology, there was no such thing as digital animation. This was the analog era.

After a scary movie about the world almost ending, we can walk into the sunlight and say, "Wow, everything's still here. I'm OK!" We like to tease ourselves. Human beings have a need to get close to the edge, and when filmmakers or writers can take them to the edge, it feels like a dream where you're falling, but you wake up just before you hit the ground.

I've discovered I've got this preoccupation with ordinary people pursued by large forces.

I love my kids as individuals, not as a herd, and I do have a herd of children: I have seven kids.

I feel like Ive been engaged to the British Empire since 1980 and tonight you have given me the ring knighthood.

The bones of the story of 'War Horse' is a love story. That's what makes it universal.

I'm certainly hoping that 3D gets to the point where people do not notice it because once they stop noticing it, it just becomes another tool and an aid to help tell a story.