Quotes

Sometimes it's better to have less money [for budget] and more freedom.

Back to the Future (1985) is one of my favorite films, and if I was offered a quirky, funny, big-budget movie, I would do it in a minute.

Being surrounded by people who are creative makes you want to be creative.

Every great idea is on the verge of being stupid.

I usually identify with the nerds, but these ones [Comic-Con audience] just reinforce the social rules. Their values are fascistic. All those people marching around in capes and masks and boots. The superhero imagery is totally fascist! When you step into this genre, they feel it belongs to them. They want you to conform, or they won't like you. They want the conventional.

[on Stowaway in the Sky (1960)] It's the first film I remember. It's the film I like to re-watch the best. When you're young, you're very receptive to all the stuff you see, the emotions. And then you try all the time to match up with those sensations. So in this sense it may have changed my life because I'm always trying to re-create this feeling of watching this movie.