I think making a great action movie is one of the hardest cinematic endeavors. By definition, smart characters avoid action. Smart people don't go down dark alleys, but if you're making an action movie and you want to have an action sequence, somehow you have to get that character into that dangerous situation.
Doug LimanIt's hard to get a movie made about characters these days. We're in a climate where, unless it's based on a toy or it's a superhero where somewhere it ends in man - like Spider-Man, Superman or Iron Man - it's hard to get it made.
Doug LimanWhen you can come across a piece of material that's totally original and fun and completely satisfying, you jump on it.
Doug LimanIf you do something that's really original, you discover why everybody else does it the other way, usually. There's a reason cliches exist, 'cause they work.
Doug Liman