I can think of films that I'm producing right now that are extremely hard-hitting, graphic films, that nobody necessarily wants to see, graphic in terms of violence, of adult content and racial and historical subject matter.
Actors aren't fighters. They don't know how to throw a punch. So, there's a lot of hitting in the face. I'd much rather fight with a stuntman than another actor. I don't like fighting with other actors because somebody always ends up getting hurt.
I got as much information as I could, so I wouldn't look stupid, but this is a post 9/11 world and there's only so much you can do with the FBI in terms of research.
I've been working for many years and I think I've managed to work with some of the best people in the business, which has been rewarding and an apprenticeship.
Some movies I see today have the most dramatic plot points but the actors are not playing them dramatically.
I would like to direct.
The only morality in a cruel world is chance.
I've not made a career of being physical in my movies, but I love sports. I'm a very physical guy.
I think that maybe that's my weakness, in that I don't know how to do it, so I just do what I do and try to do it as passionately and as well as I can.
Chris [Nolan] comes at this with such a different take on Batman, so I didn't feel that I had to be true to any other actor playing this role. Of course, I read the comic books. His relationships with Lt. Gordon and with Batman, with Gotham City, those really helped me the most.
I think every actor wants to be an FBI or cop at one point.
Yeah, but there's nobody who represents romance to me like Cary Grant.
But I guess I like playing flawed guys 'cause it gives a place for the characters to go.
There are different reasons to make movies.
I think they are very important because westerns have a code and a symbolism.
Yeah, I'd like to get the girl and at least make it through the film.
Directors, producers can make you look good or make you look bad.
I wanted to do a war movie, a western and an alien movie. In reality, there are a lot of ugly things happening in the world.
The F.B.I. is about nuts and bolts. It's all about witnesses and procedure and walking the streets.
Filmmaking is a difficult process. There are the logistics of making a film. You have to do your part, and then change the entire thing around to do someone else's part. A lot of the magic is lost, in between that, and you have to figure out how to get it back.
If you go to YouTube and look up 'grief' you can find them and it's just an unbelievable tool for an actor to be able to access, without being unethical. It's like accessing the deepest, most painful parts of a person.
I love the fight game. I like the brutality. I like the mentality. I like the aggressiveness, but I like the technique and skill. I like the stakes. I like the people around in the gym. I like the everyday, working class feel of a boxing gym.
I think America right now is looking for somebody who appeals to every faction.
I think boxing is a singular sport, because the stakes are so high and because it just appeals to people's primal instincts. It's a life and death sport, and it's a sport of sacrifice. It's a humbling sport, and people are coming from humbling circumstances. It's always fun to watch a person that's come from nothing to having everything and losing it again.
I would love to get great performances from actors as a director, because that's what I'm always looking for, a director that's going to help me go places I've never been before.
