I Don't Think I Have A Signature.

Directing's The Best Part. Whenever I've Directed Something, There's This Feeling Of Demand And Focus That I Like. And Secondly, It Means That You've Gotten Through All The Writing Stuff, And The Producing Stuff, And Casting, And Prep, And All Those Stages That Are Seemingly Endless. So Directing Is Sort Of The Reward For All The Work You Put In Before. And Then There's The Editing, Which Is Another Amazing Stage Of The Process. It's Incredible The Moments You Can Create.

And The Parents Who Knew "star Wars" Could Take Kids And Feel Like They've Gone Back To A Place That Is Familiar And Yet Found Brand-new Characters That Took Them Somewhere They'd Never Been. And It Was Important Me That We Embrace That Feeling, And You Can Call It Retro, But I Think It's What "star Wars" Is.

I Try To Work On Shows That I Would Want To Watch.

I Believe In Anything That Will Engage The Audience And Make The Story More Effective.

I'm Not As Optimistic As Gene Roddenberry Was. I Fall Somewhere In The Middle. But As A Romantic, I Like To Think Things Are Going To Get Bigger Rather Than Worse.