It's financially advantageous to make a picture in Berlin, Germany. They have a very effective rebate system.
My movies have always done pretty well in the UK - 'The Matrix' films did very well in this country and I do like the crews here and the people we're working with here.
The core of the movie business remains intact and it's not descending in scope. Studios want movies that are bigger than ever.
I'm a guy that wants the movie to work. So whatever it takes or whatever you got to do - I'm happy to do.
I swam a little bit in high school but I wasn't a jock.
I've made a lot of stupid action films in my life but I like stupid action films and am kind of proud of them.
The action genre is kind of designed for a young male audience. But we found on 'The Matrix' that we hit the Valhalla of movie making, which is the four quadrant audience - the young male audience, the older male audience, the young female audience and the older female audience.
I'm happy with my place in the firmament here. I like to produce movies and that's where I want to be.
You know for years before the notion of sequels, actors were the franchise. John Wayne would rarely do sequels, but he kind of played the same guy with a different name in every movie. I have no problem with using actors as franchises. And that's what is fun to do.
When California provides the same value as other locations, I'd gladly shoot all my pictures here.
I've made a lot of stupid action films. But when we made The Matrix, we saw that people wanted more than that.
You need the right people to kind of help make these things real.
The only problem is I can't get into PG-13 Land. I just get stuck in R rated movies, which they would love us to make PG-13 movies but I never get there. But I think that you've got to make them different. You've got to switch them up.
When I read 'Watchmen,' it changed my view of so many things. It was the first time I'd read a graphic novel really like that.
It's just a great, legendary comic book hero and it's one that has never been kind of been brought back to life after Lynda Carter. I mean, it's a reinvention. When Tim Burton reinvented Batman after Adam West, and when Donner reinvented Superman after George Reeves, it's time to do that with Wonder Woman.
We found in 'The Matrix' that people were willing to accept something more. It was a smarter film.
Our responsibility as filmmakers is to make things that are fresh, unique and original.
The dubbing of the music and effects is really incredible today. You're feeling gun shots. I mean, it's not the way people say it is, but the gunshot sounds real. And cars sound real. Among the many things in the evolution (of movies) is to make the sound in the movie incredible. That's what you feel.
I really was very impressed with DMX during the whole experience on 'Romeo Must Die.' I like working with him. I liked him. And I was very impressed with the reaction of the audience when he was in the picture.
If the audience sees and feels things are real, then they buy it.
