There are so many shoot-'em-up, action, jingoistic TV shows and movies that are made every year. I think the final line is that Hollywood is populist.

Old man with an old phone. That's never not funny.

Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.

I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.

If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.

Everyone is sort of in their own little area counting lines and no one talks when film's not rolling. There's constantly actors coming to me back behind the monitor screaming at me, "Why did my line count drop?" It's a nasty tense environment.

There are so many shoot-'em-up, action, jingoistic TV shows and movies that are made every year. I think the final line is that Hollywood is populist.