I mean, I'm not a contrarian.

We've never pulled from the toy line. We've always pulled from the mythology. What's great is there's so much mythology, so there's always stuff to pull from that. It never lines up perfectly for a movie; it's just like adapting a book or anything else, you know? But you come up with things to create, you come up with different ideas, but fundamentally the ideas always start from the mythology.

I think when you're doing something cutting edge like 'The Matrix,' it might mean when everybody's saying 'no' that you're really on the right track.

I used to do a stunt in almost every movie. When I became an executive, all the insurance guys freaked out.

I think that running a studio gave me an appetite for making a lot of different kinds of movies and it's given me the opportunity to do that.

If a character dies, you should feel that. If a character accomplishes something, you should feel that. That's where you try to find that balance. It's impossible to articulate, as you go through it. You just have to recognize it.

I don't like the term 'ensemble.' It's bland to me.