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].

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

'Sugarland Express' was pretty amazing.

[There, in War Horse] very little CGI. What happened there - because the horse was running very close to the trench, we had a rider. So in few instances, we had a rider dressed in a green suit. The rider would guide the horse through the frame, and through CGI [we removed] the rider. But that's about it.

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

I had very little involvement with 'TinTin'. Very little involvement. So I can't really elaborate on that either.

[ 'American Dream' ] probably will [go] somewhere in Europe. You get 3000 entries [to] Sundance, and how many movies get [screened]? So, I'm a realist. I'm very much realistic in terms of if this movie will be released in the States. Probably not.