“In terms of the romantic kind of lead, I just never enjoy those movies very much. Maybe they'll come to interest me more as I get older. I doubt it, but maybe. Romantic comedies tend to be, for me, an oxymoron.”

“My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run.”

“Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me.”

“I like being in kids' movies, and I like being in family movies.”

“I want to make movies that pierce people's hearts and touch them in some way, even if it's just for the night while they're in the cinema in that moment, I want to bring actual tears to their eyes and goosebumps to their skin.”

“A huge part of acting in movies is appetite. You do your best work when you've got a lot of appetite and you really want to embrace something. When you get tired, you don't have that hunger.”

“I don't think you should feel about a film. You should feel about a woman, not a movie. You can't kiss a movie.”

“When you see violence in movies in general, it's very quick and painless, which isn't what it's like.”

“What people adore about superhero movies is the signal quality of the Christopher Nolan films - their complete lack of irony when it comes to the portrayal of heroism and the need for heroes to confront evil.”