The key to the success of any producer is to have a great team around.

I love the gangster genre, but how many gangster movies are there? If I get a good gangster movie script, I'll do it.

It's a business of relationships. I mean that's exactly what Hollywood is to me, and I'm lucky enough to work with the same people over and over again.

I don't like making a film and having the actors in character too much in magazines and on the net and everything else. Because you want to keep something back.

Producing, for me anyway, it's coming up with material. It's sitting down with you know the likes of Martin Scorsese, Johnny Depp, Michael Mann and talking about a movie and really creating something from nothing.

Every film takes on its own life. I find it very interesting to show an audience some part of history that maybe they don't know.

The key to the success of any producer is to have a great team around.