You think that it must be great to be Superman but it's also hard to be Superman, especially when growing up.

Chicago's such a great city because it's got so many different brilliantly architecturally looking buildings, and you can really modify that city.

I think that I'm a pretty great producer, but the vision behind Batman is Chris Nolan. I'm there to do my best to help execute that vision, and I think I do a really good job, but the vision is Chris Nolan.

We live in a much more complicated time than when Superman was created 75 years ago. Or even when Superman The Movie was created in the 70s. There are great advances but with those come a great many complications.We felt that the character needed to grow up in that kind of environment and had to face those kinds of colossal choices that were not going to be easy. It's difficult to figure out the right path. And even if you do good there are causalities to your choices. We thought it would be compelling.

You think that it must be great to be Superman but it's also hard to be Superman, especially when growing up.

At least you used to know 'there's the villain, there's the good guy', but today there are more shades of grey.

I'd been a Superman fan since the time I was a little kid. We had great respect for the Donner movie, and Superman II with Terence Stamp as Zod but I felt it was time to bring the character into the 21st century.