I pride myself on doing character-driven movies and, when my movies have worked, it's been because of the right casting and the right character, and it just clicks.

Sometimes rules are there to save your life.

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

Once I'm in the editing room, forget about what I intended to shoot. I take a cold, hard look at what I really did shoot, and then I edit that because, if you try to edit what you intended and you missed somewhere, that will show up.

I think when the United States of America put a man on the moon in 1969, that was one of the greatest accomplishments mankind has ever done.

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.