I try to preload as little as I can. I like to come to the set with minimal preparation.

Michael Mann's always been one of my heroes.

One of the challenges assembling the film was that gun fight went on for three and a half hours and we obviously couldn't spend three and a half hours of the film with one gun fight. It was trying to figure out the balance of how much an audience could take before they either became repulsed or desensitized or bored or just overwhelmed.

Hollywood is not stupid, contrary to popular belief; it's really a lot of intelligent people trying to figure things out.

The way you set up for a sequel is by having a successful film. The focus is on making a successful film, and making a film that travels around the world, and that people enjoy and have fun with, and that people are able to escape with.

You know to me, being a good actor, the most important quality is you've got to love to play, and to just be open to anything.

I wanted to do a naval film and I flirted with different ideas, most of which ended up being too intense. So when the idea of 'Battleship' was first suggested, I was instantly drawn to the challenge - could I invent a movie around the idea of five ships fighting five ships?