Press conferences are good. I have my own philosophy about press conferences. I usually think that when they don't like the movie, they ask about other things.

Our responsibility as filmmakers is to make things that are fresh, unique and original.

I've made a lot of stupid action films in my life but I like stupid action films and am kind of proud of them.

Ryan [Gosling] has a history with the Mickey Mouse Club. He was a child performer himself. And he took the time to get to know people.

I really was very impressed with DMX during the whole experience on 'Romeo Must Die.' I like working with him. I liked him. And I was very impressed with the reaction of the audience when he was in the picture.

We found in 'The Matrix' that people were willing to accept something more. It was a smarter film.

I've made a lot of stupid action films. But when we made The Matrix, we saw that people wanted more than that.