Colin Trevorrow

“I like very human stories that venture into sci-fi or the supernatural or areas that I think occupy a lot of space in our collective memory for the films that we loved as children.”

“Kids go through a stage where they love dinosaurs - boy or girl.”

“'Jurassic Park' is like 'Star Wars.' Different directors can give a different taste to each movie.”

“'Jurassic World' takes place in a fully functional park on Isla Nublar. It sees more than 20,000 visitors every day. You arrive by ferry from Costa Rica. It has elements of a biological preserve, a safari, a zoo, and a theme park. There is a luxury resort with hotels, restaurants, nightlife and a golf course. And there are dinosaurs.”

“The best of all kinds of movies are character-driven, and I definitely don't want to lose sight of why Derek and I started to write movies together in the first place.”

“Marketing for a film is tricky because you release stuff without context.”

“I like to believe that intimate moments between characters don't need to be relegated to independent films.”

“I thought Charlize Theron was awesome in 'Mad Max,' and that was a very masculine kind of hero.”

“You really get to direct the movie three times when it comes to the action sequences and the set pieces.”

“I feel like, whatever movie I was making, there would always be moments of human intimacy and insight into a little bit of what makes us tick as people.”

“I feel a lot of films that are shot digitally, even low-budget independent films, they look super slick now. Because the technology is so good that they look too good.”

“There's no shame in being romantic at all. I think people want to feel that sense of romance, which is rarely even attempted anymore.”

“I think, if you can, it's OK to put something in a movie because it makes you feel good.”

“My wife is French, and so I get to see America through her eyes, which informs a lot of little moments. It means I can poke fun at very particular things about us.”

“I love the kind of movies I watched when I was a kid. But, I also love telling great stories.”

“Big, big movies are in 3D, but we haven't reached a point yet where that's just what a movie is.”

“Small moments can coexist with big moments and even back right up against each other.”

“I'm a 'Star Wars' kid. I'm a 'Back to the Future' kid. I'm a Spielberg kid.”

“'Jurassic Park' movies don't fit into a specific genre. They're sci-fi adventures that also have to be funny, emotional, and scary as hell. That takes a lot of construction, but it can't feel designed.”

“I had to travel into the future and direct 'Jurassic World' as myself in 20 years - and I did.”