There's some great reality TV, and I'm not bagging on it completely.

The Hulk is like a haiku; you've got to find just the right words. I think, and I hope, we did that with The Avengers.

The comic world has its own limitations, as everything does. I adore it, I respect it, but it's not going to take over all of me.

My life has included a study of Shakespeare and to me it's very natural, but I know that it's not always accessible to other people.

Directing is such alchemy, it's so easy to fail. And I've seen people who are great at their jobs because everybody has a go. Editors, DPs, actors, craft services guy, everybody wants to try it out but it is such a diffuse but necessary set of skills that you never know which one this person might lack.

Making 'The Avengers' was very important to me, but it was also extremely arduous. I missed my friends and I missed my home, so I decided to throw them all on camera, which is the only way I seem to know to relate to people.

I eat 'The Walking Dead' like its made of brains. Can't even watch the show, I love the book so much.