I probably shouldn't treat interviews as therapy sessions, but I don't keep a diary, so these end up being my way of keeping track of where I'm at an….

I realize I am contradictory: I have an independent filmmaker's sensibility and a Hollywood director's short-attention span..

I had just come off doing a lot of commercials when I did Go, so a part of the fast pace and efficiency comes from the discipline I had to learn from….

In particular, I'm drawn to the stories that have big, high concepts and real characters at their heart. And I love where those two worlds meet, and ….

I live in New York City, and I'm making huge action movies. The people that make huge action movies live in L.A., and they're surrounded by other peo….

I go into a movie sort of saying what it's not going to be..

To be a lone filmmaker thousands of miles from home with nobody believing in me, that seems romantic..

If you do something that's really original, you discover why everybody else does it the other way, usually. There's a reason cliches exist, 'cause th….

I think when the United States of America put a man on the moon in 1969, that was one of the greatest accomplishments mankind has ever done..

The movie I end up with is the movie I aspired to make..

That's why 'The Bourne Identity' has that sort of shaky style, because for the most part, Matt Damon and I were sneaking around Paris and shooting wh….

Once I'm in the editing room, forget about what I intended to shoot. I take a cold, hard look at what I really did shoot, and then I edit that becaus….

It turns out that it's easier to do politics in a movie. People really don't want it in their TV..

It's no secret that my process is a little bit loose and can be a little bit infuriating to a studio if they don't know what they're signing up for..

I'm very interested in politics, and I feel TV is a more political medium than film..

From a production point of view, I still have one foot firmly planted in the independent film world, and much of the shooting on 'Jumper' was done 'S….

I started my career wanting to make a 'James Bond' movie, and I couldn't get hired! I made 'The Bourne Identity,' and ultimately the impact of that f….

If I'm not in love with the script, there's nothing. It doesn't matter what you give me. It has to start with the script..

I think making a great action movie is one of the hardest cinematic endeavors. By definition, smart characters avoid action. Smart people don't go do….

I can't impress people with the pedigree of obscure French filmmakers that got me into film. It was Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg. I really th….

I make movies for me and posterity. I'm more scared of history than I am of the studio..