The movie I end up with is the movie I aspired to make.

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.

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.

From a production point of view, I still have one foot firmly planted in the independent film world, and much of the shooting on 'Jumper' was done 'Swingers'-style because that was the only way we could afford to do it.

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.

To be a lone filmmaker thousands of miles from home with nobody believing in me, that seems romantic.

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.