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" I think movies glamorize violence, in the sense that they make it in a way that it's either cool or funny. "

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" Cliches are what make you understand something. "

" Some people are directors and I think they should stay behind the camera. "

" I'm a big believer that it doesn't matter what you call your company, nobody ever notices. "

" I'm a Star Wars fanatic. "

" I like doing as many special effects in camera, as much as possible. "

" If you do something that's different and quirky and original, it takes time for people to figure it out. "

" I think there's a time in your life where you don't feel like you fit in. I think everyone has that when you're a teenager, especially, and especially in the society we live in. "

" I will never sign anything which makes me have to do more than one film. "

" And writing I think is a gift that you have, the same as acting, in a way. "

" Crime, money, power, drugs - are all linked. "

" I'm as conservative as they come. "

" Music is half the film. "

" I was inspired by all of it. 'The Avengers,' 'Harry Palmer,' 'The Prisoner,' 'The Man from UNCLE,' 'In Like Flint.' Of course, there's a huge shadow of Bond - Bond is the monolith of spy movies - but it's not just about Bond; there were a lot of other things that influenced me. "

" I don't believe in development. I believe in pre-pre-production, so when I sit down with an idea for a movie, I'm thinking I'm going to make this film. I don't think about anything else. "

" You need cliches. Cliches are what people respond to. "

" I like the idea of making big budget films with a heart. I like graphic novels more than comic books. "

" You can't please everyone... If you make a good movie, that's all that matters. "

" I like the X-Men, otherwise I wouldn't be doing it. "

" High-concept one-liners were huge when I got my start in the film industry. "

" For me, I'm not Spielberg. I can't edit while filming another film. "

" When I did 'Stardust,' I was fighting the studio for things I believed were right. "

" Most of the movies nominated for Oscars put me to sleep. "

" I used to be very much Jekyll-and-Hyde, where the Jekyll in me would say, 'Keep to the budget, be responsible,' and Hyde would be like ,'Ah, we can do an extra shot or an extra day.' "

" Being a producer, I deal with a lot of different directors, and some of them would drive me insane with all the different histrionics, and the mystique that they carry. "

" I tried to buy the script of 'Hancock.' I loved it. The script was far darker and edgier than the movie. "

" I'm not an actor. I'm really bad in front of a camera. It wouldn't work. "

" I had a philosophy, which may have been proven right, that directing isn't as hard as everyone says it is. "

" I'm a closet geek. "

" I'll never be a good writer, and no chance of being a good actor. "