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?

When I was in my 20s, I thought I knew who I was. And then as soon as I turned 30, I realized that I have bruises and bumps and dark parts. And you kind of go, well, that's it. I'd rather embrace it than force myself to change.

Each job you have has it's own challenges. One of the great things about my job, is that each film is a different journey.

I went to drama school with John Schwarz and Mike's his younger brother, so he tends to just hang out, that's it. So we're a pretty tight bunch of guys, they do whatever they do and they're my brothers basically.

When you're working with friends, unless the material is right, our friendship could end.

I don't mind being in studios, and I don't mind being out in nature. They're two different ways of making movies.

You've always got to be smart enough to go 'Well they're going to have to bring some of their own in'. We don't want to be a monopoly where we get shoved out, it has to be symbiotic.