I was always aware that this whole Earth is on overload.

I had been very impressed with the voiceover of 'Apocalypse Now,' with Martin Sheen's voice. That was a great voiceover; it really internalized the Martin Sheen character, who was essentially fairly low key and didn't say a lot during the whole movie. But he thought a lot, so I always thought that was really great.

The whole process of making movies and writing screenplays is visceral and intuitive.

I've always avoided sequels, unless I felt there was something fresh.

In science fiction, we're always searching for new frontiers. We're drawn to the unknown.

I was always amazed about how much I could finally squeeze into a thirty second commercial.