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'm very interested in politics, and I feel TV is a more political medium than film.

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.

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.

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

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

Sometimes rules are there to save your life.