Now, anybody can make a movie, and I don't see that many great movies, because I think there's only a limited amount of talent out there.

You know the hardest thing to do in Hollywood is burn bridges. There is usually some sucker who still likes me. There is usually some sucker who will still work with me.

If you really want your films to say something that you hope is unique, then patience and stamina, thick skin and a kind of stupidity, a mule-like stupidity, is what you really need.

There was a perverse side of me, with things like Van Helsing coming out. I didn't want to go down that route.

Invariably, what I'm trying to do is more ambitious than the budget, but we manage to do it somehow.

It's the shock of the world if you allow yourself to disconnect from the world and forget it's out there, how noisy it is, how busy it is, how invasive it is.

I'm overwhelmed by writers. Most people aren't impressed by writers, but if you can draw a cartoon or a picture, they think you're magic.