There's a lot of confusion about the political ideologies of both parties [Democrats and Republicans] have switched 180 degrees in 150 years. It just too confusing. Everybody claiming Lincoln as their own. And everybody should claim Lincoln as their own, because he represents all of us, and what he did basically provided the opportunities that all of us are enjoying today.

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

Like, I took no poetic license with 'Schindler's List' because that was historical, factual documents.

I love creating partnerships; I love not having to bear the entire burden of the creative storytelling, and when I have unions like with George Lucas and Peter Jackson, it's really great; not only do I benefit, but the project is better for it.

There's no better way to test a person than to put them in the middle of a war. That's clearly going to show what kind of a character you're telling a story about.

This is a time when we need to smile more and Hollywood movies are supposed to do that for people in difficult times.

The animal has no intellectual capacity to justify or to find reasons to exist. An animal just exists because it's the natural thing to do.