But I made him the Deputy Secretary for Homeland Security because that added an element of political espionage.

The first monster you have to scare the audience with is yourself.

I've done a few interviews where I realized that 9/11 was the ultimate home invasion, not to be glib about it. You know, where the place that you think is safe and the people that you think are safe and far from evil are suddenly just slaughtered by it, and you have no control over it.

I think that there has been a slow recognition that there's a mind at work here, and there's a skill and some bit of artistry, and that I could probably do other things. Otherwise, I don't know that I would've been given the opportunity to do Paris, Je T'Aime.

There was a generation of kids who were just kind of emulating distant heroes and wearing peace symbols, and parents who were thinking of themselves as liberal and removed from barbarity, but it also was the era of Vietnam. I very much was influenced - and I think the whole country was kind of in a state of shock - for the first time seeing the horror and cruelty of war.

I like to address the fears of my culture. I believe it`s good to face the enemy, for the enemy is fear.

I learned to take the first job that you have in the business that you want to get into. It doesn't matter what that job is, you get your foot in the door.