[While shooting close-ups] you study real eyes, you study how the light reflects in them, you study the back of the eye, you study the way irises reflect emotion. You go into great scientific detail.

Remember, pain is temporary; film is forever.

I'm a Beatles fan, and I remember in the mid-1980s, when CDs first came out, there was a sound of vinyl and the sound of the needle on it that people loved, and suddenly CDs were threatening.

So many film makers are scared of visual effects - which is no crime.

It's interesting how the frame rate actually changes the perception of the 3D as well as making it more comfortable to watch.

What is the truth is that every one of my films is a film that I'd love to go see, and I think that's very important because I always think it's a mistake to make movies for other people, or to make them for a demographic, or try to second guess an audience.

Fantasy is an 'F' word that hopefully the five second delay won't do anything with.