It's like everybody is obsessed with Hollywood movies worldwide. And even though everybody hates the Americans, they're still watching American movie….

I've said that "2012" was my favorite ensemble cast, because it was so evenly good..

I was actually privately in the White House like invited by Clinton to screen 'Independence Day,' so I know how the private residence looks. I didn't….

In the first earthquake scene [ in "2012"], there was only a limo and a plane. That was it. There was nothing else there, so everything had to be cre….

There are shots that I had to walk away from because we had to get the movie in the theaters. There are some in "Independence Day" and "Godzilla," bu….

It's very, very rare you find something really original and also because a lot of original stuff, most of the time has no chance, because it's so exp….

I knew that Jaye Davidson would not last because of that. I really liked him and thought he had incredible screen presence and talent, but I knew tha….

If you want to assemble the same people, then you have a big problem..

In the end [of the "2012"], there were no ships, no water, no nothing. Only the interiors [were real]. Everything else had to be made, and that is al….

Do not fear. Some things will never change..

Dean [Devlin, Emmerich's partner on "Independence Day"] and I always said that we'd only do it when we had a really good story that excites us both, ….

["2012"] it was really more about the subject matter, and to do a modern retelling of Noah's Ark, a flood story..

A lot of stuff in Wikipedia is not true, and that goes for a lot of people. I sometimes think, "How can that happen?" But Wikipedia is maintained by ….

When we shot "Stargate," he [ Jaye Davidson] came up to me at one point and said, "I don't like shooting movies," and I said, "Why?" "Too many people….

There are many more good stories about Jaye Davidson..

I always try to convince people that there has to be a lot of material about the subject matter, so they created a couple of pieces. One is about doo….

I try to put in every one of my movies some sort of message. I don't want to overdo it, because I don't want people to get annoyed by it, but it's go….

There's a rule in Hollywood: stay away from water and stay away from snow, and I had both..

When it comes to action, I'd say Mel Gibson and Will [Smith] were great..

That one [in "2012"] was different because it was all CG, getting washed away by water. In "Independence Day," everything was still done in models, b….

It's still the White House exploding [in "Independence Day"]. It was just so provocative, and no one had ever done it before. I remember when we shot….