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.

I think when the United States of America put a man on the moon in 1969, that was one of the greatest accomplishments mankind has ever done.

You can find truly original pieces of writing, but they're original because you go, "Who would have even have thought of that?," or, "Why would anyone ever want to go see that?"

When I'm working on a film, I think about how it will play with a tiny audience of friends whose opinions I respect, basically a 40-bloc radius from my apartment in Manhattan.

Nothing I've done is like anything else I've done before.

It's better to find a stunt person who can act. It's easier to do that than to find an actor who can do a stunt.

I started my career wanting to make a 'James Bond' movie, and I couldn't get hired! I made 'The Bourne Identity,' and ultimately the impact of that film was that it changed the 'James Bond' franchise.