I cannot destroy the White House again
We cannot make a movie like this and end it badly. It would be sad. In a sense, this is a modern retelling of Noah's Ark. You know, in Noah's Ark, there were survivors, and if you look at the end, there is hope. That is what we wanted to convey.
I thought it was kind of clever.
If you don't destroy the White House, you will be asked about it
JFK comes back to the White House!
I actually only did it because it was such an incredible idea. Then I said to myself: ‘If I do it one more time, I would do it in the biggest way it could possibly be done.' So, hopefully, I have it out of my system.
I think Roland has found a way to stick almost every natural disaster you can imagine into this film
Well, just do it another way
For example, the Sistine Chapel and the famous painting where God and Adam touch fingers. I said: ‘Oh, great, we have to show how this gets destroyed.' Then we said: ‘Well, we are already there, so why don't we have the church fall on people's heads?' I am against organized religion, so that is how we t...
I don't think the film is to warn about anything, so it is not a cautionary tale. Well, maybe it's a cautionary tale, in a way: If this is going to happen, what is important in life and what is savable and how should we save things? For me, I am always a little suspicious of governments, so it is also a...