I`m not a member of a minority but I can empathize with what`s going on.

I`m as conservative as they come.

I will never sign anything which makes me have to do more than one film.

Being a producer, I deal with a lot of different directors, and some of them would drive me insane with all the different histrionics, and the mystique that they carry.

Some people are directors and I think they should stay behind the camera.

Prep properly and you make a great movie.

You can`t please everyone... If you make a good movie, that`s all that matters.

Crime, money, power, drugs - are all linked.

Making the movie was the time of my life. It`s like I was drinking out of a box wine, and here`s a 1988 Latour with a great piece of steak and foie gras and cheese -- pure delight and amazement.

I like doing as many special effects in camera, as much as possible.

So I think I sometimes will put a cliche in and then just pad it out so you`re not noticing.

I think you should make a movie that has an audience.

You either ignore the comic book and make a great movie or you stay very close to the comic book.

People just want to watch movies that are entertaining, it doesn`t matter what genre it is.

I like the idea of making big budget films with a heart. I like graphic novels more than comic books.

Cliches are what make you understand something.

I`m a big believer that it doesn`t matter what you call your company, nobody ever notices.

You need cliches. Cliches are what people respond to.

What I learned very quickly is that if you get it right in the first two or three takes, it`s not going to get that much better.

So I am concerned about the amount of time we have to make it, cause it doesn`t matter how much money you have, you can`t create more time.

I had a philosophy, which may have been proven right, that directing isn`t as hard as everyone says it is.

And writing I think is a gift that you have, the same as acting, in a way.

I like the X-Men, otherwise I wouldn`t be doing it.

I`m a Star Wars fanatic.

Luck is a huge factor in my career. Most people are given opportunities. Lucky people recognize them and take them.

I think movies glamorize violence, in the sense that they make it in a way that it`s either cool or funny.

If you give the audience what they expect, they`ll be bored. There are no rules: You do what you want while respecting the boundaries. You don`t poke people in the eye; you do things they haven`t seen before and make it accessible, funny and clever.

I think music is what takes the experience off the screen into your soul, into your head.

If you`ve got the money, you can do anything on film these days. Nothing is impossible, which becomes boring to me. I used CG as a prop to the story, not the other way around.

Music is half the film.

I`ll never be a good writer, and no chance of being a good actor.

People look at me like I`m a first-time director. It drives me insane. I`ve produced six movies.

I think it`s easier to make a film with 200 million dollars than 960 grand.

It`s a juggernaut, yeah... but I`m not phased by making movies.

I think there`s a time in your life where you don`t feel like you fit in. I think everyone has that when you`re a teenager, especially, and especially in the society we live in.