When I did 'Stardust,' I was fighting the studio for things I believed were right.

I tried to buy the script of 'Hancock.' I loved it. The script was far darker and edgier than the movie.

Some things that work in a comic don't work in a film, and vice versa.

I used to be very much Jekyll-and-Hyde, where the Jekyll in me would say, 'Keep to the budget, be responsible,' and Hyde would be like ,'Ah, we can do an extra shot or an extra day.'

High-concept one-liners were huge when I got my start in the film industry.

If it's scary, it's supposed to be scary. If it's funny, it's supposed to be funny. That's all I try to do.

I was so nervous about 'Kingsman,' I can't tell you, because when you do things different and fresh and fun and crazy, you don't know how people are going to react.

I don't believe in development. I believe in pre-pre-production, so when I sit down with an idea for a movie, I'm thinking I'm going to make this film. I don't think about anything else.

My theory is that there's a knee-jerk reaction against technology in movie making.

I'm not an actor. I'm really bad in front of a camera. It wouldn't work.