When you can come across a piece of material that's totally original and fun and completely satisfying, you jump on it.

Obviously, anyone who has seen Mr. and Mrs. Smith knows that husband and wife married spies is something that I find particularly interesting.

I realize I am contradictory: I have an independent filmmaker's sensibility and a Hollywood director's short-attention span.

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

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

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.

Casting is everything. I put a huge amount of work into casting, and consistently across my career, I am most proud of my bold choices I made in casting.