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

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

" If you do something that's not pigeonholed, it gets thrown into the 'We don't know what this is' bin, and so let's not talk about it so much. "

" It's a juggernaut, yeah... but I'm not phased by making movies. "

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

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

" I think it's easier to make a film with 200 million dollars than 960 grand. "

" I'm not a member of a minority but I can empathize with what's going on. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm as conservative as they come. "

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

" If it's scary, it's supposed to be scary. If it's funny, it's supposed to be funny. That's all I try to do. "

" My theory is that there's a knee-jerk reaction against technology in movie making. "

" So I think I sometimes will put a cliche in and then just pad it out so you're not noticing. "

" I think music is what takes the experience off the screen into your soul, into your head. "

" 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.' "

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

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

" I'm a Star Wars fanatic. "

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

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

" So I am concerned about the amount of time we have to make it, cause it doesn't matter how much money you have, you can't create more time. "

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

" Cliches are what make you understand something. "

" People just want to watch movies that are entertaining, it doesn't matter what genre it is. "

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

" 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. "

" What I learned very quickly is that if you get it right in the first two or three takes, it's not going to get that much better. "

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

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