At the end of the day, I like the spy genre, as opposed to the action movie genre, because spies are smart. The successful spies are the smarter spies.

At the end of the day, I like the spy genre, as opposed to the action movie genre, because spies are smart. The successful spies are the smarter spies.

I go into a movie sort of saying what it's not going to be.

TV is a safe place to develop real characters.

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

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.

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.