I always treated the science thing and the art thing as quite similar thematically.

There was one moment, and it happened in school. I had a big final exam - we were supposed to write a 20-page report on this book about Houdini. I probably would have loved reading it, but I didn't, so I just decided to make a little super-8 movie based on it. I tied myself to the railroad tracks and all that. I mean, this is kid stuff, but it impressed the teacher, and I got an A. And that was maybe my first turning point, when I said, 'Yeah, I wouldn't mind being a filmmaker.'

If you ever had a pet, with me it was a dog, with that sort of unconditional love that only dogs can give, people can't do that; that sort of thing where it's very powerful, it's kind of your first love and your first real relationship, and usually your first experience with death.

And in that one grey hair I saw my whole life and I said "I think I need a hair.

One of the things I loved about the musical was that you listened to the soundtrack and it told you the story.

A lot of things you see as a child remain with you you spend a lot of your life trying to recapture the experience.

Everything in this room is edible. Even I'm edible. But, that would be called canibalism. It is looked down upon in most societies.