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

Like, I took no poetic license with 'Schindler's List' because that was historical, factual documents.

I make some movies for myself. I do that sometimes when the subject matter is very sensitive and very personal and I really can't imagine that I'm an audience member. I would lose myself too much if I thought of myself as the audience. There are other types of genre films that I need to be able to direct from the audience, to be right next to you watching the picture being made.

Science fiction really is the only genre that lets you use your imagination without limitations.

I've kept the people who've been in my career who I feel are my family. Kathy [Kennedy] had been with me since 1978. Janusz Kaminsky, my cinematographer, has made every movie with me since Schindler's List. Michael Kahn has cut every movie I've directed since 1976 when we made Close Encounters together. Rick Carter has done more than 15 of my directed films as a production designer.

Am I allowed to say I really wanted this? This is fantastic.

I'm not really interested in making money.