Sports always works for us more allegorically or metaphorically and that's what's fantastic about why we love them. You demonstrate the limits to whi….

A long time ago, I stopped trying to look at projects as genre exercises..

Confidence is preparation in action..

I think more and more scientists are becoming convinced that it's very likely that life forms of some kind exist all around the universe not so far f….

If I had to choose between a great acting job and a good directing job, I'd choose the directing job..

It was always hard to find stories that I felt were, in and of themselves, fresh enough and intriguing enough ..

I just don't think of myself as an actor much at all, so I don't lust after any particular roles..

I think it's in our nature to try to get beyond that next horizon. I think that when we as a species are scratching that itch we're actually followin….

When Apollo 13 appeared as an opportunity and I began to tackle that in as authentic a way as I possibly could, I really became enthralled by the phi….

3-D is a truly exciting possibility..

I've acted with all types, I've directed all types. What you want to understand as a director, is what actors have to offer. They'll get at it howeve….

There's a very real argument that the minute we are capable of going to a planet, whether it's Mars or another one, and inhabiting it, that we really….

Of course, I was completely enthralled by the space program as a kid - particularly Apollo 11 - and was glued to the television like most of the worl….

The sooner we become a multi-planet species, the safer the species is, and the stronger the guarantee that we're going to continue to evolve..

I think the most important thing really was that you could take very personal ideas and present them to an audience in entertaining ways..

I've just looked for ideas and great characters that I relate to and that I think I can offer something to the audience, and I no longer look at them….

Humor is unavoidable. It might not feel funny in the moment, but more often than not there's a light at the end of the tunnel..

Death can be experienced once, winning maybe more, but losing can happen all the time..

You're always a little surprised when something really takes off..

It was always my dream to be a director. A lot of it had to do with controlling my own destiny, because as a young actor you feel at everyone's dispo….

I'm not a caterer. I just have to stay with my creative convictions. At some point, you have to just get past the special-interest groups and do what….