It's almost a work-shopping process to create the characters with the actors.

That's why 'The Bourne Identity' has that sort of shaky style, because for the most part, Matt Damon and I were sneaking around Paris and shooting where we didn't have permits.

At the end of the day, it's still a show about guys who ride extremely fast motorcycles for a living.

I can't impress people with the pedigree of obscure French filmmakers that got me into film. It was Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg. I really thought I wanted to make dumb action movies.

In movies, you can basically buy the audience into the theater. If you spend enough money on visual effects, even if you are lacking in story and character, you might still pull it off.

To be a lone filmmaker thousands of miles from home with nobody believing in me, that seems romantic.

I make movies for me and posterity. I'm more scared of history than I am of the studio.

If you do something that's really original, you discover why everybody else does it the other way, usually. There's a reason cliches exist, 'cause they work.

It's no secret that my process is a little bit loose and can be a little bit infuriating to a studio if they don't know what they're signing up for.

When I was shooting 'The Bourne Identity,' I had a mantra: 'How come you never see James Bond pay a phone bill?' It sounds trite, but it became the foundation of that franchise.

I probably shouldn't treat interviews as therapy sessions, but I don't keep a diary, so these end up being my way of keeping track of where I'm at and letting it all out.

Heavenly bodies are nests of invisible birds.

This isn't your world. It's your parents. Your world is still out there, waiting to be discovered. Always remember that.

In this journey called "Life" I've learned that God never consults our past to determine our future" ~Lá Tanyha Boyd

Associations are communities that are built on the hearts and minds of people who come together to do good in the world

No prayers can be heard which do not come from a forgiving heart.

I didn't come out of a cereal box.

I try to be known more for my work than for anything else.

The transformation of the social world is at its heart the transformation of personal relations. That's the key to transforming society in the larger arena.

Disarmament without checks is but a shadow - and a community without law is but a shell.

When I start working on an idea, I immediately record without judging it.