I think producers are more interested in backing concepts than directors and writers. I don't think that's the right way of making a decision about whether you're going to back a film or not.

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

I was making a lot of 8mm home movies, since I was twelve, making little dramas and comedies with the neighborhood kids.

I committed to directing 'Catch Me If You Can' not because of the divorce component, but principally because Frank Abagnale did things that were the most astonishing scams I had ever heard.

The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.

There is a fine line between censorship and good taste and moral responsibility.

My head's not in the clouds, but I think I've gotten too much credit for being an astute businessman.