Period films to me are very often alienating to the audience. There's very often a formality. A staunchy quality to them that comes from the misenscene. It also comes from the performances of the actors, because they're acting Victorian which really means that they're just acting the way they've seen previous actors act Victorian.

The real truth of that is that much as you want to believe that it's you being on top of everything, you're actually relying massively on the people around you.

I'm very happy where 3-D is going, which is that it's becoming a choice - and thankfully, most people are still choosing 2-D.

You musn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.

I've never read Joseph Campbell, and I don't know all that much about story archetypes.

The most stressful and difficult part of steering a large movie is that you are taking on the responsibility of communicating with a very wide audience. You can't ever hide behind the notion of, 'Okay, they just don't get it,' or, 'Certain people just don't get it.' You have to be mindful of the size of your audience, and you have to communicate in a way that lets them in.

You always have to be very aware that the audience is extremely ruthless in its demand for newness, novelty and freshness.