I'm probably more character-driven than plot-driven. It's rare for me to attach myself to an idea for a story.
"A meteor hits planet Earth" - that's a story idea but that doesn't give me any indication of what the character is.
Men tend to define themselves by what they do, and so if you're dealing with a character who's trying to figure that out, or multiple characters, then there's something there for guys, too.
American movie audiences now just don’t seem to be very interested in any kind of ambiguity or any kind of real complexity of character or narrative - I’m talking in large numbers, there are always some, but enough to make hits out of movies that have those qualities. I think those qualities are now being seen on television and that people who want to see stories that have those kinds of qualities are watching television.
