“I'll never forget when the movie started and the spaceship that kept going and going. By the time that thing passed overhead, I knew what I wanted to do with the rest of my life.”
“We became a little obsessed with what we could do with these new toys, ... We didn't give the attention that we should to the characters. . . . The thing that was wrong with 'Godzilla' was the script I wrote, and it was a powerful lesson for me.”
“If you ask someone to name a real movie star, most of them would be old. We don't have enough real movie stars because there's been a devaluation of craft on all sides.”
