I really enjoyed working on the 2009 film, 'Aliens in the Attic,' because it was shot in New Zealand and I got to visit there for the first time.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Everybody knows about Peter Jackson, 'The Hobbit' movies and 'The Lord of the Rings' films being made in New Zealand, and to actually have been part of it for such a long period, to live there and to have friends that I will have for life because of that experience, is an amazing thing.
'Alien' is a landmark. One of the really good science-fiction films.
I finished the movie a month ago in downtown Los Angeles. I had a lot of fun doing it.
The first film that I can remember seeing where, like, I just couldn't stop watching it - and it didn't necessarily make me want to be a director because I was so young, but it made me know that that's what I wanted to be doing - was 'Alien.' And I saw that when I was probably just over 10 years old.
Any film, or to me any creative endeavour, no matter who you're working with, is, in many cases, a wonderful experience.
I loved being in Close Encounters, just to watch Steven Spielberg working was exciting.
I have been very fortunate, working a lot in TV, and have been able to dip into the film world a little bit here and there.
I did a film called Dracula and it was very nice because I had lots of trips to New York on Concorde.
I had a brilliant time working with the entire cast and crew at 'Return To Nim's Island.' It's amazing how, after working on a film, you really become a family, and you build these really special bonds together.
There were two movies that asked me to go to Australia or New Zealand for long periods of time. One was 'Lord of the Rings' and one was 'The Matrix.' But I was actively involved at that time raising my family, and I couldn't really take that time out.