I was making a lot of 8mm home movies, since I was twelve, making little dramas and comedies with the neighborhood kids.

I want to be the Cecil B. DeMille of science fiction.

I wanted to do another movie that could make us laugh and cry and feel good about the world. I wanted to do something else that could make us smile. This is a time when we need to smile more and Hollywood movies are supposed to do that for people in difficult times.

Whether in success or in failure, I'm proud of every single movie I've ever directed.

For one thing, I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero.