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

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.

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.

At the end of the day, I like the spy genre, as opposed to the action movie genre, because spies are smart. The successful spies are the smarter spies.

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.

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.

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.