I wanted to do another movie that could make us laugh and cry and feel good about the world. I wanted to do something else that could make us smile. This is a time when we need to smile more and Hollywood movies are supposed to do that for people in difficult times.

Everybody who works for Amblin Television has to do five jobs.

In '83, not only was there no such thing as performance motion capture technology, there was no such thing as digital animation. This was the analog era.

I dream for a living.

I feel I'm all over my movies. I know my movies are all over me.

I had a great time creating the future on 'Minority Report,' and it's a future that is coming true faster than any of us thought it would.

I simply adore 'The Simpsons.' I go to bed in a 'Simpsons' T-shirt.