Character imperfection is the important thing to keep them from being superheroes.

I think we're all kind of alike when you do your first film. You have great hopes, but you don't hope too much.

I consider Laurence [Fishburn], Keanu [Reeves], both very acclaimed actors, I mean so good.

I have a very strong belief in what I like, or a very strong opinion in genre films that I like to watch.

With John Wick we wanted to do something like that. So rather than punching, kicks - and for the kind of way we wanted to shoot it, which is longer takes - our initial instinct was let's go with a throwing or grappling arm.

In fact rules are more important in our underworld than they are to the regular citizen who works within them.

Honestly, when you think of any great action hero or any great hero out there or great character actor, you kind of transcend the character. You just don't love the character, you love the guy. In any of the great action stars, you see the guy doing the work.