I've always been interested in the camera and the effects of it - that's what drew me to film in the first place.

I don't like shows, I don't like to put on a show, I just really want to work intimately with my actors.

That's what heroic stories do for us. They show us the way. They remind us of the good we are capable of.

Any time anyone makes a comic book into a movie, in some way, I think they have to kill the comic book.

When we read stories of heroes, we identify with them. We take the journey with them. We see how the obstacles almost overcome them. We see how they grow as human beings or gain qualities or show great qualities of strength and courage and with them, we grow in some small way.

I'm too obsessed that the people who say critical things about me are right, even though I'm getting to do something I love.

Every filmmaker knows that when you make a book into a movie, the first thing you have to do is kill the book, unfortunately. You've got to recreate it.