I think that 'Halo' is a hard property because they don't need to make a film. They make far more money out of the games so why risk?

I think you can get away with being a bit more political in science fiction.

I think what we're trying to do as filmmakers is make a big, gritty, raw, epic movie and within that show things graphically in a way that they haven't been seen in that world before.

Our story is a 'once upon a time', but it's not a 'happy ever after'.

I'm influenced by a lot of filmmakers; I like English filmmakers because I feel a kin to them.

I went to America with a very specific idea of what I wanted to do.

Well, I wasnt just kind of standing in a queue at McDonalds and someone sat down and said, Youre the director of a $100 million Hollywood movie. Ive been working in commercials for ten years.