It’s like everybody is obsessed with Hollywood movies worldwide. And even though everybody hates the Americans, they’re still watching American movies.

I try to put in every one of my movies some sort of message. I don’t want to overdo it, because I don’t want people to get annoyed by it, but it’s good to have a message.

There’s a rule in Hollywood: stay away from water and stay away from snow, and I had both.

I was actually privately in the White House like invited by Clinton to screen Independence Day, so I know how the private residence looks. I didn’t snap a picture, but I have a photographic memory and then I could take a guided tour in the West Wing.

I think sport in general affects what people see in movies. I always try to explain to people in Hollywood that we have to make movies more like sport because, in sport, everything can happen and it’s so much better than movies in some ways.

I’m a filmmaker, not a scientist.

I’m only a stupid filmmaker.

Nobody makes movies bad on purpose.

I'm a filmmaker, not a scientist.

I'm only a stupid filmmaker.