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

Lara Croft is such a strong individual, she's very driven, she doesn't need a man, she's speaks her own mind, and that she's in control of her own life. It's a lot of what women want and have.

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.

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.

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.

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

I had a very strong-willed mother, who I totally adored. She was always in control of her life.