The only reason you make a movie is not to make or set out to do a good or a bad movie, it's just to see what you learn for the next one.

Every film is difficult. Making films, you're always going to have problems, there's always going to be challenges.

I guess I have a short attention span! I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges.

I love L.A. I always have such a great time in L.A. The way I kind of define me and L.A. is the noise of the factory doesn't let me sleep well.

I've been very lucky in that the studios really respect me and they give me all my creative freedom. But nevertheless, they are inputs, they have opinions. It's the same thing for me as if you're in a shower and you're coming up with a tune, with a melody, but there are 70 people trying to sing their own melody at the same time. So you have to focus and concentrate, and not lose the track of your melody.

We're born first humans then after they stamp our passport.

I used to be very controlling with visuals and editing, and I would pretty much craft the performances; now I have learned to trust the material and the actors.