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.

I'm really a one-man band.

I love film and I love the film business. And I don't think there's any better way, with my personality, than being a producer which is a little bit of a control freak.

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

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.

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