Steven Spielberg's a huge influence on a lot of people, and Schindler's List still looks like a great movie.

Stanley Kubrick was a big inspiration. People accuse me of never using my own material. But when did Kubrick? You look at his films and they are completely unique... completely separate entities.

One of my favorite movies of all time is 'It's A Wonderful Life,' which is a pretty interesting choice for a seasonal Christmas favorite, because it's about a guy who wants to commit suicide and is presented with reasons not to.

My favorite was the Green Mile parody in Mad Magazine.

I'd like to think that my films are personal enough to exist without hearkening back to their respective novels.

The only person who can, with impunity, make the movie he wants to make, has got to be Steven Spielberg.