When I direct and have to look at filmed scenes of myself, I suck.

Mysteries simply are a feast for an active mind. And while in my lifetime I've seen science make extraordinary inroads into solving the most complex questions of life, after all this time I admit that I am thrilled that there are some things that forever will remain a mystery. For example, do I wear a toupee?

If there's anything I'm not pompous about, it's myself or my work. But I seem to be able to play it.

Sci-fi films are the epic films of the day because we can no longer put 10,000 extras in the scene - but we can draw thousands of aliens with computers.

I've discovered that the more freedom I have to be creative, the more creative I become.

Yeah, I do stand-up, my own type of stand-up.

I didn't want to do the sitcom thing, but I didn't know what else to do.