The making of the movie and the routine of making the movie is a lot like being in a Spanish prison for five years on a marijuana breakdown.

The most expensive habit in the world is celluloid, not heroin, and I need a fix every few years.

All of us every single year, we're a different person. I don't think we're the same person all our lives.

I just had a crazy, wild imagination all my life, and science fiction is the greatest outlet for me.

My movies more often are told through pictures, not words. But in this case, the pictures took second position to the incredible words of Abraham Lincoln and his presence [...] I was less interested in an outpouring of imagery than in letting the most human moment of this story evolve before us.

I think that the perceived downs in my own career come from just managing my time and not feeling that I have enough time for my family or my friends. You could put that in the personal life category but it's all one category because I've got to balance my family.

I'm very collaborative with everybody on the set.