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

If you're going to perform inception, you need imagination. You need the simplest version of the idea-the one that will grow naturally in the subject's mind. Subtle art.

Yes, to me that's one of the most compelling fears in film noir and the psychological thriller genre - that fear of conspiracy. It's definitely something that I have a fear of - not being in control of your own life. I think that's something people can relate to, and those genres are most successful when they derive the material from genuine fears that people have.

We all wake up in the morning wanting to live our lives the way we know we should. But we usually don't, in small ways. That's what makes a character like Batman so fascinating. He plays out our conflicts on a much larger scale.

A camera is a camera, a shot is a shot, how you tell the story is the main thing.

To be honest, I don't enjoy watching movies much when I'm working. They tend to fall apart on me a bit.

Every film should have its own world, a logic and feel to it that expands beyond the exact image that the audience is seeing.