I do feel there's certainly some films where you can feel that the directors don't care about the genre and they don't care about their characters.

The more work you put in on your outline and getting the skeleton of your story right, the easier the process is later.

Everything I've ever worked on has been hard to classify.

The greatest villain of all time is The Joker - he always has been, and I don't know anyone who's not going to have Heath Ledger's performance burnt into their brains for the rest of their lives.

All movies are alchemy and time is one of the ingredients that goes into the alchemy. You want the time to be right; you don't want to rush it. You need the right script, the right cast and the right feeling in the culture.

I do love writing but it is a lonely profession. You're lonely and optimistic at the same time.

Ive found that if you just try to make the film you want, youll find the right audience. If you try to please everyone, youre going to make really boring films.