I want a movie to be satisfying for an audience. That sense of having to get it done, no matter what cost, is what I like.

I do believe any hero is a person that can be knocked down. A failure isn't a person who gets knocked down; a failure is a person who stays down, and to me, the great heroes take the beating, get knocked down and stand back up again. Perseus is defined as one of the great heroes in literature, so you gotta take that on board.

Everything is backwards now, like out there is the true world, and in here is the dream.

I also care that the public are getting their 12 dollars worth when they go to a movie, and that they're not coming out not wanting to ever see a movie with me in it again. I don't care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I'm investing enough into it.

Patriots is quite simple; there's seven continents in the world, if you had to sacrifice one continent and make it six would you do it?

I didn't set out to be famous; if I'd wanted that, I would have gone on Big Brother.

Most actors go, I read the script and fell in love with it; I fall in love with the directors.