When I was doing half-hour shows, I loved it and was preparing myself for the hour shows. Then when I did the hour shows, I was preparing myself for the specials and features.

When you make a film, you like to run it with an audience. They tell you you're narrow-minded or subjective, or that seems too long, or that doesn't work.

I think what some people are doing with effects is starting to get silly. It's overused.

How was I going to make a man fly? How was I going to convince the public that an actor could fly?

I realized what you could do in motion pictures by surrounding yourself with geniuses.

I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor.

I was really disappointed that Warner Bros. didn't think highly enough of my film or my filmmaking to ask me to make the new Superman.

I was tweaked by the idea of Superman immediately.

I was very lucky. I started my own commercial company.

I'm open to comments. I'm open to objective points of view, because I've been very narrow and very subjective.

I've always wanted to do a Crichton book. I really love his writing.

In motion pictures, the actor rules. The camera served the actor.

It was just the thrill of a lifetime. Brando and Hackman were two of my heroes.

It's developing a relationship with actors that makes it work.

People say, You paid your dues, but I never paid any dues. It's always been a great trip.

Soon it's all going to be digital anyway. It's all going to be saved on a little coin somewhere.

Superman was never previewed because the producers didn't trust Warners with the film.

That's how you get a performance - they put trust in you.

When when my first feature opportunity came along, I wasn't prepared, but we did it in about 17 days.

With The Omen, I really felt I wasn't in control. It was panic.