Strangely, I always have a lot of cut scenes. I keep writing shorter and shorter scripts, thinking that this time, I'll get all my scenes in.

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.

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

We got together and realized that Universal made it clear that they were out of the Riddick business. They didn't want to spend that kind of money anymore. So, it was going to be an independent movie.

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

When you do a studio picture, all the paperwork and legal stuff is already taken care of!

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