David Koepp

It was Stephen's notion, which is embodied in a beautiful monologue Coleman Domingo delivers.

Oh, don't condescend to me.

Empathy can be seen as the foremost necessary evolutionary quality.

It's another way I think of saying cooperation.

Any great human accomplishment is only done through cooperation.

You can go back to the agrarian revolution.

and say the idea that we all must plant and harvest this stuff and then help each other store it is what led to the massive explosion in population.

It's what led to the success of the human race.

What we call civilization.

Civilization, building a bridge.

No one can do it unless we do it together.

And I think that that sometimes gets overlooked as a necessary next evolutionary step.

which is increased empathy, understanding others and working with others is the only thing that'll let us succeed and prevent our own destruction.

That's what Mr. Spielberg is so good at, is insisting that every character is a character, even a villain.

Why are they a villain?

What is it that's pushing them?

Please let no one twirl their mustache.

There's a scene in the movie that follows a massive train chase.

You see it in the trailer, so I'm not giving anything away.

It's thrilling.