My God, it transformed me. My life changed.

Some of my ideas for film or theater come to me in dreams. I'm also very creative when I'm talking to others. I believe in collaboration.

I'm a firm believer in the idea that theater excels over film and TV in its ability to let people play with poetry.

Spider-Man is a genuine American myth with a dark, primal power, but it's also got this great superhero, and - hey! - he can fly through the theater at 40 miles an hour. It's got villains, it's got skyscrapers, it's colorful, it's Manhattan. I knew it would be a challenge, but I saw the inherent theatricality in it, and I couldn't resist.

The idea that all violence in movies is okay simply because it happens is bull. Directors and writers have a responsibility.

I really do believe that if you don't challenge yourself and risk failing, that it's not interesting.

That's my policy - to be positive, to just hope that something will happen. If you start with all your fears, your receptivity is for the negative.