I spent a long time trying to make it in the commercial world hoping that commercials would then lead to movies. That was a less-travelled path at the time, although it's very well-travelled now.

A lot of the commercials that I was doing were very slice-of-life, emotional, documentary-style, not big and cinematic and ultimately like the kind of movie I wanted to make.

I grew up loving Ridley Scott and Tony Scott and Michael Bay and Adrian Lyne.

I allow myself to get firmly sucked in. I love that! I come from that.

What's meant to be will always find a way

Don’t get stressed over the little things and make sure you live life to the fullest.

Memories are what you no longer want to remember.

Fitch is on his way. He's coming after he blows up some wizards.

To have one's individuality completely ignored is like being pushed quite out of life. Like being blown out as one blows out a light.

I prefer being able to see my opponent. It is just different for me; I didn't grow up with the internet age really.

We don't work in the traditional TV format where we're like writing concurrently to shooting. Like, we really view it as a large feature film.

Deep inside, our integrity sings to us whether we are listening or not. It is a note that only we can hear. Eventually, when life makes us ready to listen, it will help us to find our way home.

Bin Laden was born filthy rich and died in a rich man's house, which he had painstakingly built to the highest specifications.

In the construction of a country, it is not the practical workers but the idealists and planners that are difficult to find.