Prior to Saving Private Ryan I never worked with men. I was always working with some babe, and it was always about falling in love, and it just got turned around. I'm not looking for any particular kind of story. I wait until it comes across my desk.

All directors should have to act and all actors should have to direct, so that they can understand all these key things that come into play with whether you can meet your day.

I know how the Academy Awards works: It's a card game, and I'm in the toss-up category.

I don't parade my family out for display, which is the way it will stay. Yet I have a reputation for being cooperative with the press. That's because when I do give an interview, I'm willing to tell the truth about what I do for a living and how goofy it is sometimes - and how volatile it can also be.

From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided to go.

This is what we storytellers do. We restore order with imagination.

Movie-making is telling a story with the best technology at your disposal.