When you try to bring a story to life, it starts in your head and you see possibilities for it, but it's just one damn thing after another.

I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.

A hero is somebody who voluntarily walks into the unknown.

If you can feel like a good man in your 40s, you can feel like a better man in your 50s, a Superman in your 60s, and maybe a Spider-Man in your 70s.

I did a 'Love Boat!' And based on my trip on the 'Love Boat,' I said, 'I'd just as soon not do 'Fantasy Island.''

It's always a combination of physics and poetry that I find inspiring. It's hard to wrap your head around things like the Hubble scope.

My wife and I, we met making a movie. This is not just our job, it's our life. It's what we do naturally whether we're working together or not.