My own personal process with movies is to develop the characters with the actors and, when I've done that properly, you can't imagine anyone else, but that actor, playing that part.

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

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.

If I'm not in love with the script, there's nothing. It doesn't matter what you give me. It has to start with the script.

I live in New York City, and I'm making huge action movies. The people that make huge action movies live in L.A., and they're surrounded by other people who make huge action movies. I'm surrounded by people making documentaries!

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.

That's why 'The Bourne Identity' has that sort of shaky style, because for the most part, Matt Damon and I were sneaking around Paris and shooting where we didn't have permits.