I am an American Jew and aware of the sensitivities involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

I basically took something that was extremely erotic and very intentional, and I reduced it to a simple kiss. I got a lot of criticism for that.

Audiences are harder to please if you're just giving them effects, but they're easy to please if it's a good story.

I didn't read reviews earlier in my career, but I read them now as I'm older. I read them all.

I was making a lot of 8mm home movies, since I was twelve, making little dramas and comedies with the neighborhood kids.

There are three movies that I am exceptionally proud of in my life, and I rarely commit to a list of films that I like, that I've made... but these are the three films that I was passionately connected to. The first was 'ET,' the second 'Schindler's List,' and third is 'Saving Private Ryan.'

Our one goal is to give the world a taste of peace, friendship and understanding. Through the visual arts, the art of celebration of life.