You don't want to be starting a film not knowing what you want to do.

Imagine what you will be, and it will be so.

I don't play chess with my life, ya' know.

Once you're a parent, male or female, every single thing that happens in your life is seen through the prism of being a parent.

I can rely on me [being a director], unlike some actors. I never got anything less than what I needed from the lead actor.

I never looked at Noah as an animal collector. I always thought of him as an apocalyptic character. I read everything I found about it and was surprised to find that in all religions there is the story of the flood, and that one "hero" saved the world. This proved that Noah and his Ark - were not a religious myth, and is evidence that humanity really went through the flood.

My bottom line is that I think Ridley Scott is one of the greatest visual artists of our time and I feel very privileged that he wants to work with me, so I go with that flow.