'The Color Purple' is the kind of character piece that a director like Sidney Lumet could do brilliantly with one hand tied behind his back.

'E.T.' began with me trying to write a story about my parents' divorce.

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

The older I get, the more I look at movies as a moving miracle.

There are so many rumours about so many of us in the public eye. Sometimes it's too hard to deny what is not true.

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

I love creating partnerships; I love not having to bear the entire burden of the creative storytelling, and when I have unions like with George Lucas and Peter Jackson, it's really great; not only do I benefit, but the project is better for it.