I was such a big 'Dirty Dozen, ' 'Where Eagles Dare, ' 'A Bridge Too Far' - all those kinds of movies I loved.

Life and career kind of catches up with you.

I want to do my Blade Runner, which is like a future Berlin film, which is like a thriller, but it's much deeper characters, I think.

One of the biggest changes for me on a practical level of shooting the film was having a second unit.

I think I was brought up with games and I don't think that they're just Pac-Man or Space Invaders. I think we've moved on, I think that there are stories being told and worlds being explored.

Every film I try and make it the way I see it in my head, and it really just depends on the script and the people I'm working with or whatever interests me at that particular time.

I want to have the illegitimate child of independent film making and the budget to make it. That's my aspiration.

Sometimes there's a disjoint between what works on the page and what works with visual story telling.

I played lots of games and I was a fan of gaming, so I was always looking for new games.

Fantasy films tend to skew towards what Tolkien fantasy was, which is that the humans, the Hobbits and the cute creatures are the good guys, and everything that's ugly are the bad guys.

I think that idea of being far away from the people that you love is something that everyone can relate to.

Author Toni Morrison swats aside other possible sources of her success and says that the ONLY reason she is a great writer is because when she walked into a room as a child her father's face lit up.

No one gets teased for being a geek anymore- science is the new rock n roll

The only grounds for divorce in California are marriage.

The wine I produce is not for keeping. Its the wine you want when meeting friends for a game of cards.

Everything has being through the love of God.

I think the joy of wanting to direct is having that nervous anxiety knowing your film is about to be shown and you're sitting right there with everyone.

The most valuable lesson man has learned from his dog is to kick a few blades of grass over it and move on.

Oh darkness, I feel like letting go.

So there are different examples of fairy tales, and sometimes I believe in them and sometimes I don't.

You are what you tweet.