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.

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.

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

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 have created the life that I live... therefore I can create the life that I want.

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.

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.