'The Last Airbender' is genetically engineered for me. I love martial arts. I study it. The movie's based on a lot of Buddhist and Hindu philosophy. I was raised Hindu.

I storyboard every shot of my thrillers in general. I draw them out and do them.

I love stage actors. The pool of world class actors that have done theater [is big], there's a higher opportunity of grabbing somebody from that pool.

Most of the time, I don't watch classics with anybody. I have to be by myself. That's my classroom.

When you say fear of the unknown, that is the definition of fear; fear is the unknown, fear is what you do not know, and its genetically within us so that we feel safe. We feel scared of the woods because were not familiar with it, and that keeps you safe.

My philosophy is to make movies with the biggest possible budget that will allow it to be made in an independent fashion.

If I'm hesitant at all about an idea, then that's not the right idea.