I cast very much from the gut, and I think I was very lucky to be able to get... many amazing international... people that I had always really wanted to work with.

In a way I think why the Ghost story is very relatable to a large audience is that it's kind of a coming of age story and it's a realisation of 'I am what I am - what has happened to me, good or bad, that is the sum of who I am now'.

I think it's possible to make a blockbuster that is actually emotional. They don't need to be mutually exclusive.

I read every screenplay that was being sent to the other directors. None were being sent to me, but I was reading what others were choosing and what the best writers were writing.

To me, casting is all about finding a character within the actor off the screen as much as on the screen.

I mean, you know, sometimes, yeah, you wish for something and you don't get quite what you wish for. But you get something bigger and better.

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?