I just got to the point where I literally didn't want anyone else to do it..

I was bullied and regarded as little bit of an oddball myself..

Everything is in a script for a reason, and only by being part of a writing team (or writing it yourself), do you really understand the intention of ….

Rivalry doesn't help anybody..

Every film is a challenge. I always say that making a movie is like film school - you're always learning. But unlike most schools, you never get done….

I want to make a series of movies that run together, so if any crazy lunatic wants to watch them all in a row, there will be a consistency of tone..

I think that George Lucas' 'Star Wars' films are fantastic. What he's done, which I admire, is he has taken all the money and profit from those films….

To people in my industry I'm usually a guy that tries to generate his own projects and I remain very elusive when people try and attach me to big pro….

I think that you can treat a classic like a museum piece -stuffed and mounted- or you can make it a living, breathing narrative that is unfolding rig….

For a lot of my childhood, I didn't want to direct movies because I didn't really know what directing was..

In an ideal world the script is written lean and tight and therefore there are no scenes left on the cuttring room floor and therefore no extended ed….

I wanted people to believe that there could still be this little undiscovered piece of the world that survives still on Skull Island..

The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking..

Two of the actors, Sean Bean and Orlando Bloom, have been caught between two landslides and are now trapped in a tiny town in the middle of the South….

When you're casting a movie and when you're shooting a film, the eyes are the most important feature of any performer, really. Any great actor litera….

[While shooting close-ups] you study real eyes, you study how the light reflects in them, you study the back of the eye, you study the way irises ref….

I regard myself as being the final filter so everything that ends up in the movie is there because it's something that I think was cool..

No film has captivated my imagination more than 'King Kong.' I'm making movies today because I saw this film when I was 9 years old..

Film is such a powerful medium. It's like a weapon and I think you have a duty to self-censor..

I didn't want my kids having to pass through an airport named after their father..

Structure is important in film, but there's often structure to be found in the most unlikely of places! It's quite possible to build a structured sto….