If you have people that totally support you and have your back, I feel like you have all the confidence in the world, and you believe that you can do things that most people can't achieve. I feel that's really important.

If you get a chance, whenever you're traveling, do go to the local boutique comic book shop and don't buy your comics online 'cause those guys are going to go extinct, in a minute here, and we want to be able to have those experiences with our kids.

Personally, my interests are ancient history and ancient civilizations. In my own life, I'd like to go to places like Easter Island.

You aren't a true internationalist until you've supplied weapons to kill your own countrymen.

I've gotten pretty good at leaving characters on the set. I go home and try to relax and regroup and be ready for the next day.

Peter Fonda is the reason I became a motorcyclist. I saw Easy Rider and I bought a motorcycle the next day, and I rode it all the way from LA to San Francisco.

People are losing jobs, people need to be entertained, and I want to make movies that parents and children can look forward to seeing, that can become a kind of family ritual.