I Think Anybody Over 30 Plays Parents

We Think, "if I Have More Money, I Am More Valuable. If I Make More Money, I Am More Valuable." It's All Sort Of Wound Up With This Problem That Humans Have With Their Failure.

I Didn't Have Any Ambition To Produce Big Mainstream Popcorn Movies.

I Feel At Various Times In My Life That I've Been At A Point Where I Had To Choose Between A Death Sentence And A Life Sentence. And I Want To Live. What Do I Do To Live? What Do I Do To Be Vital? And The Answer Is Always Creativity.

There Are 400 Billion Stars Out There, Just In Our Galaxy Alone. If Just One Out Of A Million Of Those Had Planets, And Just One In A Million Of Those Had Life, And Just One Out Of A Million Of Those Had Intelligent Life, There Would Be Literally Millions Of Civilizations Out There.

Going Back And Forth Between The Press And Something Like The Crucible Must Be Really Crazy And Intense.