I like the idea of making big budget films with a heart. I like graphic novels more than comic books.
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.'
My theory is that there's a knee-jerk reaction against technology in movie making.
High-concept one-liners were huge when I got my start in the film industry.
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.
It's a juggernaut, yeah... but I'm not phased by making movies.
