I think whenever you cast someone, someone's going to be critical about it.

I read every screenplay that was being sent to the other directors. None were being sent to me, but I was reading what others were choosing and what the best writers were writing.

Trying to ground everything in reality was the most important thing to me.

To me, casting is all about finding a character within the actor off the screen as much as on the screen.

Our story is a 'once upon a time', but it's not a 'happy ever after'.

Once you know the world you know how your character fits into it.

I'm influenced by a lot of filmmakers; I like English filmmakers because I feel a kin to them.

I went to America with a very specific idea of what I wanted to do.

I think you can get away with being a bit more political in science fiction.

I think that 'Halo' is a hard property because they don't need to make a film. They make far more money out of the games so why risk?

I think it's possible to make a blockbuster that is actually emotional. They don't need to be mutually exclusive.

This world does not exist to you when you are missing.

Big shots are only little shots that keep shooting. I can see your sun rise out of obscurity. Keep shooting

‎"The best of men are just men at best.

I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.

I've always thought that I'm kind of a cross between a young Bill Clinton and Lyle Lovett. And I just want to say I'm proud of that. Those are two good looking guys.

I never lost an argument and my parents assumed I would be a lawyer. They cast me in that role.

[Quantity is the fundamental feature of things,] the 'primarium accidens substantiae,' ...prior to the other categories.

As a kid, I used to be equal parts drawn to and horrified of the circus. They would have these beautiful canvas posters for Lobster Boy, bearded women, and this and that.

Words are a completely different form of expression. The word P-E-N-I-S is an entirely different form of communication than a photograph of the same thing. H