Gorillaz virtually changed my wife...sorry, I mean, life...no, actually, it was my wife.

I got tired of my taxes paying for exciting little wars around the world. Then I discovered that when I died, my wife would probably have to sell our house to pay for the taxes in America.

I want brave people. Fearless ones. A good actor just goes out and leaps off the edge and develops wings on his way down, hopefully. That's the kind of people I really enjoy working with. Playing safe isn't much fun. I like danger. It's controlled danger, always, and that's why I hope I don't lure too many good actors down into the pits with me, because I hope they maintain their own unique talents.

It's hard for me to worry about the studios losing money. I'm not very sympathetic to their money problems, because they certainly haven't been sympathetic to mine.

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

Talent is less important in filmmaking than patience.

I was an incredible Anglophile. I found people who shared the same sense of humor and attitude toward the world.