I grew up in the art world.

My stepfather was a producer. I'd always wanted to be in show business. And so when he came into my life and he told my brothers and myself, he said, look, if you want to be in this business, you're all going to have to start at the bottom.

Im something of a history buff. Its deliberate that a lot of my films have been period pieces.

The things that you know intellectually when you're young become internalized as you get older. You realize all those clichés.

I think that two-dimensional film will always be here to stay because it always has its place, but 3D does too.

It's true in life, as in the movies, that the greatest highs are often followed by the lowest lows.

The experience you have making the movie is all you have; when the movie's finished, that's for other people. But while you're doing it, that's your time on the planet, so you want it to be good.