Robert Zemeckis

“I could never be like Hitchcock and do only one kind of movie. Anything that's good is worthwhile.”

“Because movies have gotten so expensive, and they're so expensive to market, that means that for a movie to break even or to make its money back, everybody has to go see the movie, and if everybody has to go see the movie, then it can't be about anything.”

“USC Film School always had a real sense of drama and lineage.”

“You can't legislate sobriety.”

“I'm very concerned that we don't make movies that are original anymore.”

“No matter how many obstacles that are thrown in our path, there are ways to except them and to live through them.”

“I'm really tired of making these huge, over-$100 million movies where they literally mean life and death for a studio. It's really rough making these expensive movies. Everyone is hysterical.”

“I can't see any reason why a dramatic story can't be in 3-D. I think 'Lawrence of Arabia' would have been fabulous in 3-D.”

“Good directing is good writing and good casting.”

“We are ultimately alone in that we are ultimately responsible for ourselves.”

“From where I sit, I see the digital cinema creating sloppiness on the part of filmmakers because they know if they really get in trouble, they can fix it later. So they don't pay that much attention, and of course it costs a lot more money.”

“I grew up on Chicago's South Side in a working-poor family, so I watched everything on television. It was like my window on the world. But we also went to the movies pretty regularly - mostly on Tuesdays, because that was Ladies Night, and my mom could get in for free.”