There are actors who just bring an enormous amount of empathy. They just have that"it" that makes you want to follow them and root for them.

What I really found was that the one similarity between Covert Affairs and Fair Game is a deep love and admiration and fascination with the home life of a spy.

From a production point of view, I still have one foot firmly planted in the independent film world, and much of the shooting on 'Jumper' was done 'Swingers'-style because that was the only way we could afford to do it.

I realize I am contradictory: I have an independent filmmaker's sensibility and a Hollywood director's short-attention span.

To be a lone filmmaker thousands of miles from home with nobody believing in me, that seems romantic.

The movie I end up with is the movie I aspired to make.

Casting is everything. I put a huge amount of work into casting, and consistently across my career, I am most proud of my bold choices I made in casting.