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

In particular, I'm drawn to the stories that have big, high concepts and real characters at their heart. And I love where those two worlds meet, and 'Edge of Tomorrow' is the perfect canvas to explore that.

Obviously, anyone who has seen Mr. and Mrs. Smith knows that husband and wife married spies is something that I find particularly interesting.

It turns out that it's easier to do politics in a movie. People really don't want it in their TV.

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.

It's no secret that my process is a little bit loose and can be a little bit infuriating to a studio if they don't know what they're signing up for.