When I heard about the first Tomb Raider, I was very interested and I would have liked to have directed that. When I was approached for the second film, I was delighted.

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.

Using my imagination and creativity is exciting to me.

It's always an enormous pressure when you do a sequel. The demands are so high, and it's expensive.

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

I think the audience would like to see movies that are stunning to watch. I really think they'd like to see spectacles.

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.