Any time I think out loud, 'I can't believe this is my job,' and remember I am a very lucky duck. Whether marshalling hundreds of zombies, doing crazy stunts or shooting big music numbers, I just feel fortunate to have made my passion my vocation.

There are three major social issues that this country is struggling with: education, poverty, and drugs. Two of them we talk about, and one of them we don't.

"A meteor hits planet Earth" - that's a story idea but that doesn't give me any indication of what the character is.

Jude [Law] is really good at playing an obsessive. He has a very watchable quality when he's on a quest for something.

I'm probably more character-driven than plot-driven. It's rare for me to attach myself to an idea for a story.

I guess I didn't feel confident enough to be searching in a big public way. I was very content at the time to toil in obscurity on things that I thought might point me in certain directions or teach me certain things - not knowing what that would be.

I make every movie like it's the last one. "If this was the last movie, what decision would I make?" That's how I make my decisions.