I think some people are under the impression that you can simply just shoot it on blue, and then it's all done in post. But no, you really need to understand the pipeline, from beginning to end.

There are a lot of limitations so you have to ultimately focus on what you think the most important storyline is.

As a director, if you know what you want, then it's not scary.

Listen, whatever makes the movie better. That's the attitude you have to have.

Once I got out of architecture school I decided not to be an architect, I just started my own little design studio.

I think the excitement of movies is discovering stuff you weren't expecting, and I hope to preserve that.

For me, I feel like, between 'Tron' and 'Oblivion,' I've gotten to fulfill my 'Star Wars' fantasies, in a way.

You never watch movies the same as you do when you're a kid, ever again.

I love movies that ask big questions but don't necessarily answer everything. I like people walking out thinking about something.

Disney's clearly in the business of doing giant tent pole movies based on properties that they own. And that's what they should be doing because they're great at doing that.

I'm a huge electronic-music fan.

Smile, just to infuriate those who envy you.

Your loyalty to friends and family should have no limit, although it may be expressed in ways that others cannot understand.

Greatness is not a gift that one can give to another, but rather is a thief's relic that we must take for ourselves.

When I'm being funny, I try not to offend. I don't think much of what I've done has been in really ghastly taste. I don't think I have embarrassed many people or distressed them.

Pursue meaningful adventures.

My hands are clean, but my heart has somewhat of impurity.

Men made wagers with their judgment, their allegiances, their resources.

As David Roderick says about writing, "It's not the tale that pleases, it's the telling," and I could not agree more.

There are some men who turn a deaf ear to reason and good advice, and willfully go wrong for fear of being controlled.

Little Alice fell d o w n the hOle, bumped her head and bruised her soul