In the real world, if you're in a car chase, you're going to hit a million things and your car is going to end up a total wreck by the end.

At the end of the day, it's still a show about guys who ride extremely fast motorcycles for a living.

When you can come across a piece of material that's totally original and fun and completely satisfying, you jump on it.

I make movies for me and posterity. I'm more scared of history than I am of the studio.

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?"

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.

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.