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" I like a film such as 'American Beauty,' and I like 'Spider-Man.' "

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" I would like to have a bit of a break and do a comedy. "

" Far from being dead, physical media has years of life left and must be preserved because there is no better alternative. "

" Egypt was - as it is now - a confluence of cultures, as a result of being a crossroads geographically between Africa, the Middle East and Europe. "

" The digital and theatrical markets are two different marketplaces. "

" I think, at the end of the day, filmmaking is a team, but eventually there's got to be a captain. "

" Any period is fascinating: the more ancient, the better. "

" Technology will need to make many more huge leaps before one can ever view films with the level of picture and sound quality many film lovers demand without having to slide a disc into a player, especially with the technical requirements of today's 3D movies. "

" They say, 'TV is not a captive audience,' but it definitely is. You can easily switch off the bloody television. "

" The key thing is you can be the only person, your own critic. "

" Everyone is tearing each other apart in the name of their personal god. And the irony is, by definition, they're probably worshiping the same god. "

" Choosing location is integral to the film: in essence, another character. "

" I get so used to working with writers that my prime occupation is development. "

" I've seen some of James Cameron's work, and I've got to go 3D. "

" One of the problems with science fiction, which is probably one of the reasons why I haven't done one for many, many years, is the fact that everything is used up. Every type of spacesuit is used up, every type of spacecraft is vaguely familiar, the corridors are similar, and the planets are similar. "

" What's interesting to me about Moses isn't the big stuff that everybody knows. "

" I'm fundamentally a positive person. Otherwise, I wouldn't be doing some of the insane movies that I do. "

" The best stories come out of the truth. "

" The time it would take me to write a screenplay it would take me the time to make two films. I would rather make the movies, and I'm a better moviemaker than I would be writer. "

" Politics is very interesting and always leads to conflict. "

" How can you look at the galaxy and not feel insignificant? "

" History is only conjecture, and the best historians try to do it as accurately as they can. They try to accurately reassemble the facts and then put them down on paper. "

" I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where you believe he is one thing and he is something very different. "

" The U.K. has to keep investing in new technology, skills, and infrastructure to keep pace with international competition. "

" 'Alien' is a C film elevated to an A film, honestly, by it being well done and a great monster. If it hadn't had that great monster, even with a wonderful cast, it wouldn't have been as good, I don't think. "

" Actors are all different. They're not all volatile. Some are sweet, some are volatile, but what is fundamentally in there is something that has to be paid attention to, in that they are, I would say, needy. "

" Same thing with film, by the time you've finished shooting and you've really been into everything, you've touched up everything in the editing room. You've gone in there and taken little bits from everything. "

" I unfortunately do suffer for my art. "

" I'll reshoot a corridor 13 different ways, and you'll never recognise them. "

" Fire is our first form of technology. "

" If I have to, I'll go and direct theater and talk till the cows come home. "