When I don't have a story to tell, I'm a terror to live with.

I'm not really interested in making money.

It all starts with the script: it's not worth taking myself away from my family if I don't have something I'm really passionate about.

Every time I go to a movie, it's magic, no matter what the movie's about.

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

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

The only time I have a good hunch the audience is going to be there is when I make the sequel to 'Jurassic Park' or I make another Indiana Jones movie. I know I've got a good shot at getting an audience on opening night. Everything else that is striking out into new territory is a crap shoot.