The ego is there, but I'm learning to channel it.
One of the problems with science fiction, which is probably one of the reasons why I haven't done one for many, many years, is the fact that everything is used up. Every type of spacesuit is used up,...
I knew exactly what to do on Alien, it was funny.
A hit for me is if I enjoy the movie, if I personally enjoy the movie.
I was always amazed about how much I could finally squeeze into a thirty second commercial.
The U.K. has to keep investing in new technology, skills, and infrastructure to keep pace with international competition.
Fire is our first form of technology.
There has to be absolute trust between the tiger and its master, but its master must be the master - there must be no mistake about that.
In my view, the only way to see a film remains the way the filmmaker intended: inside a large movie theater with great sound and pristine picture.
As a filmmaker, deep blacks are essential, and in my experience, no technology captures those attributes as well as Plasma.
Technology continues to bring us wondrous advances in filmmaking to improve how we view movies.
Sometimes I find I'm wearing a divided, split brain in terms of drama and humor.
When you're in the editing room, the dangerous thing is that it becomes like telling a joke again and again and again. Eventually, the joke starts to not be funny. So you have to be careful that you'r...
Blade Runner appears regularly, two or three times a year in various shapes and forms of science fiction. It set the pace for what is essentially urban science fiction, urban future and it's why I've...
I'm fundamentally a positive person. Otherwise, I wouldn't be doing some of the insane movies that I do.
If you believe, you believe; if you're faithful, you're faithful. I don't care what your religion is. The same if you're agnostic. That should be accepted, too.
If you ever have a kid who doesn't know what to do, stick him in art school. It's amazing what evolves.
On rare occasions, Dad used to reminisce about when he met Eisenhower and how Churchill would pop in, in the late hours of the evening or night, carrying a cigar, when he'd obviously had a good dinner...
I think if I'm going to do a science fiction, I'm going to go down a new path that I want to do.
I'm used to very strong women because my mother was particularly strong, and my father was away all the time. My mother was a big part of bringing up three boys, so I was fully versed in the strength...