Roland Emmerich

It doesn't really matter if this movie's a success or not, because it's already out there.

There's not really much destruction in New York besides the weather and it's a natural force so it's not like any destruction. But LA gets leveled (laughs). That's my comment to Hollywood.

Nobody makes movies bad on purpose.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.

I hate the bad rap that people give my parents. Because they are just parents, really, at the end of the day trying to stand up for their daughter and themselves.