There are trappings of science fiction which I kind of embrace, but there are also cliches which I run from.

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.

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.

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.

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

After I script the movie, I have to storyboard it out, I have to budget it, and I have to understand if I can afford all those visual effects or not.