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It began as this desire to do this science fiction movie about perhaps one of the last insects left that nobody’s done anything on, which is the cockroach – and truly one of the most frightening insects.

It’s an end of the world I guess. I guess you’d currently call it disaster movie. But really they weren’t disaster movies. They were more end of the world movies. This is more an end of the world movie.

There are so few directors who are musical who appreciate music.

Some people make a great film and then they can’t follow up.

It was great. I mean, it’s a blast directing underwater stuff.

That’s why so many stars are making pictures in Europe today. The tax guys are making thieves out of everybody.

Making films is sort of like you’re pulling off a magic trick. It’s sort of like an illusion. It’s not real but you want it to appear real, and all kinds of things go into that, from the clothes you’re wearing to the make-up, to the light.

There is so much to do on a film set. It is an extraordinarily invigorating and wonderful place to be, when things are running well.

My best film composing experience was with Elia Kazan.

War is chaotic and when you start having a larger scale film and you have a lot of safety protocols and choreography, I would imagine it becomes more difficult.