It's very hard to go to Monument Valley and not think of John Ford's films.

["War Horse"] does have action as well, but we allow the audience to appreciate the environment where these characters are from because the lens shapes the people, as we know.

We exchanged a couple of ideas and stuff like that, but that's about it. I just think ... consulting on 'Tintin' was very interesting because you try to ... not educate, but inform the animators [about] what the lighting looks like, but [in the end] they do it themselves. I don't actually go and sit there with them. [We] just had a couple of conversations.

The greatest directors are the greatest users. They use people's talents to tell the story that they want to tell.

[I] love 'Munich', man. That's a very underappreciated film.

There are films that are difficult. There are films that would actually affect your personal life because of the length of the production, how long [you're away] from the family.

We have not looked at any particular movies [in creating War Horse], but again, it's hard not to see the similarities between those movies [because of those filmmakers' influence on the industry].