I'm very collaborative with everybody on the set.

History opens up new worlds to film-makers all the time.

A lot of kids only know 'E.T.' from the digitally-enhanced version.

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

The greatest films ever made in our history were cut on film, and I'm tenaciously hanging on to the process. I just love going into an editing room and smelling the photochemistry and seeing my editor wearing mini-strands of film around his neck.

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

People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don't have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning.