Perception has always interested me. The idea thatbehind every face, there are a thousand faces. Beneath the placidveneer of middle America, there lies terror.

We don't live in the world of reality, we live in the world of how we perceive reality.

I love filmmaking, and I love the process. And I would rather do nothing else. It's a privilege to be able to paint such big pictures, so to speak.

This is a darker Lex too, because he's been in prison and he wants revenge. He's not playing around.

Once I start something, I always finish it. They had been trying to get X-Men made for 30 years and they thought maybe if I got involved, it might actually happen.

I started making 8mm films when I was 13, so I've been directing for 21 years.

I know what to do with the camera because I see the giant in the camera when I'm operating it live on the set.

I love Hugh Jackman. Love Hugh Jackman. He's the coolest. He's one of the coolest actors I've ever worked with, and I'll do anything with him.

When you're dealing with shooting a lot of live action in 3D, you're committed to how much 3D you're giving the audience.

Size, perspective- large objects, when you make them too 3D, you dimensionalize them too much, they appear tiny, so you have to be careful about things like that.

The 3D, it changes the way you shoot in a way, especially when you're shooting live action 3D elements.

For every writer, there is a challenge of time that is only magnified in the solitude of the work.

There are realistic limitations, but it's the unrealistic ones that are malignant to our potential.

I kiss your heart because those before me have scarred it.

Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.

I think everyone's so scared of other people judging them.

It would be nice to really shed the corsets.

Nostalgia is a way of remembering people and places and things, and wishing things hadn't changed. It has a sweetness to it. Sadness is just--well--being sad.

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.

So much of how you look at yourself in the mirror reflects how you feel about yourself, and how you comport yourself.

And I am happy when I sing.