My early exposure to all the leviathans of the Saturday matinee creature features inspired me, when I grew up, to make 'Jurassic Park.'

The only thing that gets me back to directing is good scripts.

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

Everybody who works for Amblin Television has to do five jobs.

I'll probably never win an Oscar, but I'll sure have a lot of fun! I really believe that movies are the great escape.

I've always sort of time-locked and mind-blocked myself in my 30s, and that's always the age I feel.

For one thing, I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero.