I always wanted to do an action movie, not particularly 'Bond.'

What I'm passionate about is telling stories which mean something to me.

Three days after my brother died, my father was in the hospital. He just did not want to live anymore. Before, he was fighting and loving life.

The key thing is that you start every film from sort of a blank page, almost like you discover it like a child discovers a new world.

I don't see myself as having made the transition. I aim to be more transient than transitional. Life is constantly changing, now at a rate faster than ever, so being in a transitory state is the best way to keep pace.

For me, 'The Kite Runner' became about a guy who's emotionally shut down because he hasn't confronted his past.

I think people, unfortunately, do live in constant fear.

One of the main reasons I wanted to work on 'World War Z' was because I'm a huge fan of the book, and I love the idea of taking a non-linear story and creating a three-act structure out of it.

I realized that a lot of the great directors that I admire from [Ingmar] Bergman to [Fredrico] Fellini re always shooting, then going into the editing room, and shooting again.

I always wanted to do an action movie, not particularly Bond.