This whole thing about reality television to me is really indicative of America saying we're not satisfied just watching television, we want to star in our own TV shows. We want you to discover us and put us in your own TV show, and we want television to be about us, finally.

The older I get, the more I look at movies as a moving miracle.

Science fiction really is the only genre that lets you use your imagination without limitations.

There is something that you have that no one else ever had ... When you watch Kirk's [Douglas] performance in anything, in anything he's ever done, you cannot take your eyes off of him. It's not possible to look away from him.

I go out and look for a good story to tell and if I like it enough and I decide to direct it, I become dangerously involved in becoming a part of that story.

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

I think that is the secret of great acting. You have to bring your imagination to the party. You've got to have a great imagination.