Producer

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.'

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.'

I like the idea of making big budget films with a heart. I like graphic novels more than comic books.

Being a producer, I deal with a lot of different directors, and some of them would drive me insane with all the different histrionics, and the mystique that they carry.

I think you should make a movie that has an audience.

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.

For me, I'm not Spielberg. I can't edit while filming another film.

I'm not a member of a minority but I can empathize with what's going on.

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 think it's easier to make a film with 200 million dollars than 960 grand.

Most of the movies nominated for Oscars put me to sleep.

Music is half the film.

You need cliches. Cliches are what people respond to.

I was inspired by all of it. 'The Avengers,' 'Harry Palmer,' 'The Prisoner,' 'The Man from UNCLE,' 'In Like Flint.' Of course, there's a huge shadow of Bond - Bond is the monolith of spy movies - but it's not just about Bond; there were a lot of other things that influenced me.

I'm a big believer that it doesn't matter what you call your company, nobody ever notices.

Some people are directors and I think they should stay behind the camera.

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.

I like the X-Men, otherwise I wouldn't be doing it.

I'm as conservative as they come.

It's a juggernaut, yeah... but I'm not phased by making movies.