Well, I mean, the original is certainly the jump-off, it certainly is what it is, you know, I grew up around that era so I watched all those shows. T….

It's a hard line to walk, man. Cause you know you want to make this movie, you want to make it dark and real, you want to show all this stuff but unf….

You want to take yourself seriously, and you want to make something that you hope will have resonance with the audience. You want to bring your persp….

I like the opportunity to make films..

Sometimes violence in a very real way is much faster and more impactful because it feels real and you're watching it happen and you're watching your ….

Not harder than it should be, no. We're about the business, we're about the work. It's all about the work, always. We have fun and laugh and there're….

I only pay to take my son to the movies, because most of the time I only watch European movies, independent movies, or screen them privately. But I l….

I became a director just for the love of movies, because of the power of cinema..

You'll see in the movie he constantly does that-he only drinks his tea a certain way, brings his own tea bags, the guy pours hot water, it's like a c….

So it's hard to be an artist and be true to the reality of the world you want to create and also make it entertaining and successful financially..

I love movies; I grew up loving movies. I've always loved movies. I never thought about making movies until I took art classes and then I started stu….

I don't think I've seen that sort of character in a long time in this genre because again, there was a time when you could have quirky, strange chara….

We're very good friends, we have a very honest relationship. He keeps me honest, I keep him honest. He's an incredible actor and when you have an act….

I started studying mythology, just on my own. Joseph Campbell, mysticism..

I would be lying to you if I said I wouldn't love for it [Equalizer] to become a franchise, I would love for it to become a hit and all that great st….

You could call it that [urban Western], I guess, you could certainly call it that. A lot of these types of films are, really, if you get down to the ….

What I learned is, don't forget who you are, because that's what's going to make you a filmmaker..

Some men don't gel when it comes to work - you have different work ethics, different opinions, different points of views, different methods of filmma….

There are many stories of people didn't set out to make a film that became a classic - the whole process was a disaster, everybody hated each other, ….

You'll see a consistent, like the tea, the tea bags you saw there-you'll see a consistent-did you see the cafeteria? I mean the diner?.

I believe in God, absolutely..