I accept the Old Testament as more of an action movie: blood, car chases, evacuations, a lot of special effects, seas dividing, mass murder, adultery. The children of God are running amok, wayward. Maybe that’s why they’re so relatable.

A good storyteller can hold everybody captive without the special effects of Hollywood.

Sex, action, special effects, and violence sell.

We have to have films about action and violence and special effects. That’s the sad part, but you know what? It’s not me doing it.

Special effects are characters. Special effects are essential elements. Just because you can’t see them doesn’t mean they aren’t there.

I don’t do special effects. I do characters. I do creatures.