There was this interesting quote: try and live your life without fear and desire. It's this concept that's like when you look at a painting in a muse….

I mean, like, I can go in a room and say, look, 'Watchmen' should be at least 15 minutes longer than 'Batman.' I mean, that's, like, any geek will te….

Once you land on who you think the character is and what his conflicts are, you have to let that lead you. You have to throw all that other stuff awa….

The eyes get lost in 3-D. With 3-D, your eyes are looking for the plane of focus, right? And the problem is, when you do quick cuts, your eyes can't ….

The problem is, when you're making an animated movie, the studio has an illusion in their minds - and it's really not true - that because it's a draw….

I understand the rules of Superman - not necessarily better than anyone else - but better than a normal filmmaker would. After doing 'Watchmen' and d….

When Reality is a prison, Your mind can set you free..

My aesthetic is probably closer to a 15-year-old's than my dad's, but I get his conviction..

I think Sin City is a good example. Nobody would accuse Sin City of being historically inaccurate because it takes place in modern times..

Everyone has an angel, a guardian who watches over us. We can't know what form they'll take. One day old man, next day little girl. But don't let app….

I'd say the purest experience for the movie is not to have read the book because I think when you've read the book you're just ticking off boxes. I t….

Who Honors those we love for the very life we live? Who sends monsters to kill us...and at the same time sings that we'll never die? Who teaches us w….

Reality's its own thing. And I'm not really into reality that much. I'm into this cinematic stylized reality that can comment on reality. It's like t….

Look, if you have a problem with distilling the Battle of Thermopylae down to freedom versus tyranny, you need to read Herodotus because he's the one….

My mom always encouraged me, it was never weird. She'd look at 'Heavy Metal' and go 'Woo-hoo!'.

It's more like Christmas, you know, when you get a shot in that looks great and it's exactly what you want. It's a great feeling, and there's nothing….

There's very few dork movies made by dorks..

I think I just have a natural operatic aesthetic. I can't help it..

The challenge with 'Watchmen' is making sure that the ideas that were in the book got into the movie. That was my biggest stretch. I wanted people to….

Yeah, I mean, I think I'm obsessed with tone in the movies. Tone has always been the main thing that I go after with a movie..

The difference between 'Watchmen' and a normal comic book is this: With 'Batman's Gotham City,' you are transported to another world where that super….