"The nature of the movies is different than it was five years ago, and they're all driven by the possibilities of CGI, which means you can make anything happen on screen that you can possibly desire."

"I've made over 20 movies, and 5 of them are good."

"My favorite traditional Christmas movie that I like to watch is All Quiet on the Western Front. It's just not December without that movie in my house."

"And I'm not apolitical - I'm very specific in my politics. But a lot of the time it's nobody's business unless you're over at my house having dinner."

"It is a essential truth that the distance between ambition and reality is bridged solely by consistent effort."

"Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist."

"I didn't try to copy my dad or fit into the pressure or the mold that everybody tried to make me fit into."

"This is a moment in history where it is almost hard to catch your breath."