I can't impress people with the pedigree of obscure French filmmakers that got me into film. It was Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg. I really thought I wanted to make dumb action movies.

The thing about TV is it's a meritocracy. I love that aspect of it - and I've had shows that have gone on the air and been canceled. I've seen the good and the bad of it.

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

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

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

When I was shooting 'The Bourne Identity,' I had a mantra: 'How come you never see James Bond pay a phone bill?' It sounds trite, but it became the foundation of that franchise.

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