Sometimes, if you leave yourself open, an actor can bring nice nuances to a character.

I don't want to have so much humor [in films] that it undermines the jeopardy, but enough to sometime relieve tension.

I guess you don't make any franchise movies unless the fans are there.

Damn, my first cut that I showed to distributors was probably about two hours and 20 minutes, even though my contract said two hours. So, I had to lose 20 minutes. It's incredible that it just keeps happening.

While you're making the film and working with the actors, if you want to have a little room to breathe and experiment and play, it grows, and you want that to happen. It's not enough to just shoot the script. You've gotta come up with new inspiration, as you shoot it. There's gotta be room for that and time for that, so it grows.

To come up short when you reach too far is not such a bad thing rather than not to reach at all, right?

Theres so much diversity of opinion out there, so ultimately you have to listen to it, put it aside, and make what you want to make.