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

I've always been a movie guy, movies have been my thing. I love movies, all kinds of movies.

When I look at a digitally acquired and projected image, it looks inferior against an original negative anamorphic print or an IMAX one.

Batman and Superman are very different characters but they're both iconic and elemental. Finding the right story for them both is the key.

I don't ever like to feel myself in the position to demand of an actor that they trust I'm going to do something worthwhile. I feel a responsibility to articulate what it is I'm going to do. Whether that's showing them a full script or sitting down with them and describing my ideas in detail. It's a very healthy burden on me as a film director to be able to articulate what I want to do, to inspire actors, rather than just saying, take it on trust I'll be able to do something worthwhile.

The best actors instinctively feel out what the other actors need, and they just accommodate it.

Particularly, the actors, to have analyzed the script in great detail from the point of view of their specific character. So that they have a handle on exactly where the character is in the chronology of things. In that sense the actors become your best check on the logic of the piece, and the way in which it all fits together. They become essential collaborators. The main thing is you have to work with very smart actors.