I don't think movies are the reason why this violence exists, I think it's going to happen whether movies are there or not.

As a child, these colourful superheroes that could fly, or were horrifying like Ghost Rider and the Hulk, with this tremendous rage or these supernatural powers, provided an escape for me from my mundane existence, from my lack of friends or my inability to communicate well with people. They liberated me.

I want to make all kinds of movies. I do want to make big movies that are a lot of fun to go to, but I also want to make movies that are going to stimulate some thought and maybe raise some awareness.

Shock is still fun. I won't ever shut the door on it.

I think I've spent more time in front of a camera than off camera. That's just the way it is.

When you start a movie, it's not like other kinds of work that you have when you know your boss for years or colleagues for years. You're meeting everyone, mostly, for the first time. You have to get comfortable with those people so you can perform, because the first thing that is going to shut you down is any kind of anxiety.

I don't want to sit around by the pool luxuriating with a margarita. That's just not what I want to do.