'Jurassic Park' isn't about the bad luck of three people who keep getting thrown into the same situation.
I'm gullible. I think people mean what they say.
Like a lot of people my age, I grew up on Amblin movies. They're a part of who I am as a filmmaker and, arguably, as a person.
I feel like we've found an interesting little corner of the sandbox here as far as the way we're telling sci-fi stories. I don't think it's limited to sci-fi - I think anything fantastic can co-exist with people you and I know, and not these hyper-real movie people.
There are a lot of different elements in play when you're remaking something people care about.
There's no shame in being romantic at all. I think people want to feel that sense of romance, which is rarely even attempted anymore.
The public scrutiny element they don't teach you in film school. So few people are ever subjected to it.
If I can build a coalition of people who are interested in what I have to say and what I'm thinking, I hope they'll come with me if I want to go tell a story that doesn't have dinosaurs in it - which I plan to do.
I feel like, on a more macro scale, there's started to be a relationship between filmmakers and people who watch their films - you know, on Twitter and on the Internet.