Whenever a toddler sees a pile of blocks, he wants to tear it down.
From J. J. Abrams
You never want to have that ticking clock and know that you had all this time and didn't use it.
As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was.
I love movies with spectacle but spectacle can be a performance, it doesn't have to be a creature.
I've had the same friends since I was in kindergarten.
My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know.
I'm obsessed with things that are distinctly analogue.
Whenever I've directed something, there's this feeling of demand and focus that I like.
When I was a little kid - and even still - I loved magic tricks. When I saw how movies got made - at least had a glimpse when I went on the Universal Studios tour with my grandfather, I remember feeling like this was another means by which I could do magic.
Pitching is always a weird, difficult thing.
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