We're all complex human beings, and if some of that complexity shows through, I think it's advantageous for the movie.

Using my imagination and creativity is exciting to me.

The quality of CGI, audiences are now so used to it. They don't know what is CGI and what is real.

Summer movies are spectacles; that's what you pay 10 dollars to see. You want to get teased by effects sometimes. I think that will never stop.

As a director, you try to find what is creative.

I think there are a lot more relationship scenes in my movies that people tend to overlook. A lot of scenes really feel real and are about the characters.

One of the most amazing locations I've ever been is the top of the volcano in Tanzania, Africa. It's an actual volcano where you really have this lava every day.