When I originally sold X-Men it was because I knew there was 40 years of stories. That was the point! Not only to do the movie and establish the characters, you know, you love the one you're doing. It was because there are all these great stories, what a wealth of drama.

In the Marvel world, some characters have similar powers. Initially some people might bump up against it, but if they really looked into the X-Men world they would see that characters do share similar powers.

There's 54 years of X-Men comics by now, so there are a lot of characters to explore.

At a certain point people want to see other movies besides comic book movies so you have to be really careful what you're going to pick, and how many are going to be released within a year.

I think it's good to tell the fans "this movie's going to lead to that, and that will lead to..."

I find myself watching cable and television much more than going to the movies.

I always feel like every film takes the franchise and hangs it in the balance.