My first instinct was to cast as close to the short story as possible, but then I realized that I needed actors who could go for it and that they had to function well as a couple in a love story.

If the movie is quiet I generally feel the audience is busy. That's when they're working.

I don't think the Hulk is a superhero. He's the first Marvel character who is a tragic monster. Really an anti-hero.

When I have a full schedule like that, I don't see myself sitting there for a couple of months, doing the research, going through a painful process, it's just not my thing anymore.

My hometown was one of the major U.S. Air Force bases.

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.

Americans are hidden dragons to me.