Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Paris and had stayed behind and sat there and wept. I had to explain to him that it was a comedy.

These movies are like my kids. I just love them to death. Some of them go to Harvard and some of them can barely graduate high school.

We should all relax about life because you don't have a clue as to what's really going on.

It felt scary because there was no auditioning, no rehearsing.

By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around.

Michael worked one day. Everybody was a little freaked out and nervous because he's a really big star. We were already working with really big stars, but Michael is Michael.

I'm an unusual director in that my cut is usually shorter then the final released film. I like short films.

Growing up, my fascination was all things dinosaur, and as an adult, I've had some success making films about aliens, so this is a dream come true.

It always happens at the end that you're always under the gun because of various schedules and all that.

I'm not the one or two take guy, but I'm not the 20, 30, 50, 70 take guy either. If I do a bunch of takes, like more than five or six, it's usually for some technical reasons.

The weird thing is that I hate to fly, and the quote that I give people is that every time I get off a plane, I view it as a failed suicide attempt.

You're my story, you're my poetry, you're my floweryou're my deep driving desire.

She handled it (her trade) with all the grace that belongs to mastery.

Grace, then, is grace,--that is to say, it is sovereign, it is free, it is sure, it is unconditional, and it is everlasting.

The individual is not a killer, but the group is, and by identifying with it the individual is transformed into a killer.

An honest heart seeks to please God in all things and offend Him in none.

I wish we had more [Dwight] Eisenhower Republicans in this [Donald]Trump cabinet.

The present stage redefines the possibilities of man and nature in accordance with the new means available for their realization.

I love the smell of the universe in the morning.

I want to do my best to make the people happy. I play with my heart for the sport.

Love shouldn't play by the rules. It's all about chemistry.