You have many years ahead of you to create the dreams that we can't even imagine dreaming. You have done more for the collective unconscious of this planet than you will ever know.

The only movie that I would ever even consider retrofitting is the first ‘Jurassic Park,’ which I think would look pretty spectacular in 3D. That’s the only one of my films that I would consider doing in 3D.

I feel I'm all over my movies. I know my movies are all over me.

I would lose myself too much if I thought of myself as the audience.

Akira Kurosawa is the pictorial William Shakespeare of our time.

I made 'Saving Private Ryan' for my father. He's the one who filled my head with war stories when I was growing up.

My father had many, many veterans over to the house, and the older I got the more I appreciated their sacrifice.