If the prime directives were followed a little more accurately here on earth, I mean it sounds somewhat Pollyanna, but I think people would certainly get along better.

I think, frankly, that I'm a better director than I was an actor.

I think Star Trek has been very double-edged for all of us - as actors, writers, directors.

I always enjoyed going into the holodeck.

Often, people who want to make interesting films simply don't have the money to do it.

You earn very little money on independent films and I'm the provider for my home, so I do have to think of taking one for the accountant time and again and that means studio pictures.

Why spend money on movies when you can spend it on gas? Or dry cleaning? Or groceries?

In the wake of the 2008 recession, Congress and the Obama Administration rightly focused financial regulation on protecting the nation's financial system from itself.