I got into comics on John Byrne's run of the X-Men and the Dark Phoenix Saga. I got in around X-Men 95, right when it turned to the new X-Men. So that whole family, all those characters are kind of my favorite characters, just the X-Men world.

As a first time director it's interesting, but not all that different from what I did before. A lot of parts of this job seem to be very similar to running a big company.

Honestly, the most uncomfortable thing for me is my level of incompetence is uncomfortable.

Being an animator, and I've directed tons of mo-cap, which really is about how do characters move through space.

You'd think I'd be more comfortable with the action, but actually I'm more comfortable with the drama. I mean you get more instant feedback on what you are seeing and you know if it's working or it's not working.

Marvel does a great job of making their characters human.

Attention is the intention to live without reservation in the here-and-now.