Even if I'd had a really happy relationship with my father and there was no emotional hiatus for a decade and a half, I probably would still have made some of the same choices for movies that I've made.

I've been shooting movies and television shows for now 47 years and I've worked with the best of them and [Kirk Douglas] is the only movie star I ever met.

I quit college so fast I didn't even clean out my locker.

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

I made 'Saving Private Ryan' for my father. He's the one who filled my head with war stories when I was growing up.

When I was younger, all I cared about was what people thought of me and my films. Now I care less about catering, hand-serving, hand-feeding the audience. I've gotten to the point now in my life where I'm serving myself.

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.