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.

All those horrible, traumatic years I spent as a kid became what I draw from creatively today.

I've always wanted to tell a story about Lincoln. I saw a paternal father figure; I saw someone who was completely, stubbornly committed to his ideals, to his vision.

I want to be the Cecil B. DeMille of science fiction.

The love we do not show here on Earth is the only thing that hurts us in the after-life.

My dad took me to my first movie.

My dad took me to my first movie. It was 'The Greatest Show on Earth' in 1952, a movie of such scale it was actually a traumatic experience.