Documentaries are the first line of education, and the second line of education is dramatization, such as 'The Pacific'.

I was afraid of small spaces and I was afraid of the tree outside my window, and I had all these phobias. I think many kids have those phobias, but I probably had more than most.

Before statehood was achieved, Syria and Egypt had their tanks and military equipment lined up to invade Tel Aviv and destroy it; but the Israelis scrambled together an air force, some of it from old Second World War Messerschmidts, and the invasion was halted.

A lot of kids only know 'E.T.' from the digitally-enhanced version.

I think all directors should be animators.

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

I'm not really interested in making money. That's always come as the result of success, but it's not been my goal.