Nobody makes movies bad on purpose..

Everybody knows that the industrialized nations are the worst offenders..

I would say, when it comes to comedy, I think Matthew Broderick was great..

When you find something where you can give people a message and still make it an exciting movie, you get very, very excited about something. You prob….

I'm only a stupid filmmaker..

I think sport in general affects what people see in movies. I always try to explain to people in Hollywood that we have to make movies more like spor….

We have certain things where we know they exist or "everybody knows they exist," but naturally nobody can photograph them, because they are so super ….

I'm finished with destroying for a while. It's not like I'm running around saying, 'What else can I destroy?'.

I was, it was very high. Especially with international (box office), we did something that I didn't think this movie ["2012"] would do. I was very ha….

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….

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 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….

Do not fear. Some things will never change..

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….

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….

There are many more good stories about Jaye Davidson..

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, ….

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

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..