My first job was with an auto plant, Kansas City - they treated you like slaves. From there I went back to Chicago, worked in steel mills, drove a cab, stuff like that.
Producers don't really publicize movies.
It's so dense, every single image has so many things going on.
Every single frame, every single shot in the movie, has a digital effect.
We're hoping that in three or four years time, we'll have to never have to answer another question regarding 'Star Wars,'. . . With the series, we're trying to do 100 hours worth and answer every single thing anybody has ever dreamed of, thought of, imagined or hoped for.
Most people who love movies and kind of understand the process realize that if you do a character like Gollum or Jar Jar or any major digital character, that costs twice as much as having Tom Cruise in a movie.
I don't have to do emails, I don't have to protect myself about anything, I don't have any chain of command. My job is just to try and give everybody the tools that they need to express themselves.
We have a very foolish notion in Western countries that progress delivers freedom. But progress doesn't necessarily bring moral virtue.
I plan for the future, but the only day I really worry about is the day I'm living right now.
The people don't elect U. S. presidents, God does.
You make good coffee. . . You're a slob, but you make good coffee.