Whatever affect any of my films have on audiences, I just kind of stop at the door. I make them and I just don't go outside after they're over.

You look at war as something that is putting your best friend in jeopardy. You are responsible for the person in front of you and the person behind you, and the person to the left of you and the person to the right of you.

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

The making of the movie and the routine of making the movie is a lot like being in a Spanish prison for five years on a marijuana breakdown.

I always like to think of the audience when I am directing. Because I am the audience.

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

I've always sort of time-locked and mind-blocked myself in my 30s, and that's always the age I feel.