I'm just a seasonal guy. Basketball, football, baseball, boxing, golf. Give it to me all the time.
I think the excitement of movies is discovering stuff you weren't expecting, and I hope to preserve that.
Go out and make something that reflects your interests, your taste, and your ideas. No one will pay you to make something until you have a few things you can show that you've directed. I got my start by making short films on my own.
Disney's clearly in the business of doing giant tent pole movies based on properties that they own. And that's what they should be doing because they're great at doing that.
There are a lot of limitations so you have to ultimately focus on what you think the most important storyline is.
As a director, if you know what you want, then it's not scary.
For me, I feel like, between 'Tron' and 'Oblivion,' I've gotten to fulfill my 'Star Wars' fantasies, in a way.
Common sense is the enemy of Romance :P:P
There’s a large part of me that’s four years old. I wake up in the morning and I know that somewhere there’s a cookie. I don’t know where it is but I know it’s mine and I have to go find it. That’s how I live my life. My life is amazingly filled with fun.
I wish I could say confidently that pacing remains my weak point, if you could talk about your own stuff without sounding like you're self-obsessed. But I think you kind of have to be.
After hunger, a human's most important need is to know what is virtuous.