Well, luckily with animation, fantasy is your friend.

In the re-creation of combat situations, and this is coming from a director who's never been in one, being mindful of what these veterans have actually gone through, you find that the biggest concern is that you don't look at war as a geopolitical endeavor.

Making a movie and not directing the little moments is like drinking a soda and leaving the little slurp puddle for someone else.

I just had a crazy, wild imagination all my life, and science fiction is the greatest outlet for me.

The only time I have a good hunch the audience is going to be there is when I make the sequel to 'Jurassic Park' or I make another Indiana Jones movie. I know I've got a good shot at getting an audience on opening night. Everything else that is striking out into new territory is a crap shoot.

People have forgotten how to tell a story.

In high school, I got smacked and kicked around. Two bloody noses. It was horrible.