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The way the films look will never entertain an audience alone. It has to be in the service of a good story with great characters.

How mad would it actually be to do an 'Avatar' type animation film, but about something mundane like a Winn-Dixie cashier's day at work? That'd be something else, I think.

I would love it if anyone gave me the job of adapting 'The Great Gatsby,' but nobody ever does.

There'll always be movies that are meant for the big screen, and they should be seen that way.

Maybe there's a chance to get back to grown-up films. Anything that uses humor and dramatic values to deal with human emotions and gets down to what people are to people.

When you think about it, 'Avatar' is almost completely an animated movie.

That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.

I believe in my heart that 'Avatar' is going to be the revolutionary sci-fi movie for this generation, in this era.

Since I've worked in film and television for so long, I've acquired the ability to let the version of the characters that lives in my mind make way for the living, breathing humans who are going to play them on screen. If you cast it right - and casting is about 80% of directing - they will eventually replace or exceed the imaginary image.

Movies are extremely imitative of one another. Whatever works, people will try to do it.