Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't

I Have A Tradition Of Working With Actors, Over And Over Again. I've Worked With Jason Bateman, Over And Over Again. You Get To Know An Actor, And You Get A Certain Trust And A Comfort, And You Become Really Good Friends, And You Feel Like You've Got A Short-hand.

I Think Musicians Oftentimes Have The Right Skill Set To Be Good Actors. And With Rihanna, I Noticed Her And Knew Of Her Obviously, And Was Very Taken With Her Charisma And Her Confidence.

Working With Composers Often Is A Really Frustrating Experience Because You Speak A Different Language And, Oftentimes, They Take Two Or Three Jobs, At The Same Time. They're Difficult And Pretentious And They're Tormented Artists.

I Think The Biggest Challenge Was Being Aware Of A Certain Audience That Was Going To See This Film [lone Survivor]. There's A Big Difference From A Typical Movie, Journalists And Critics And Film Goers That Go See It Find That, That's The General Experience You Have As A Filmmaker. So That Just Kind Of Proves My Point That There's A Really Different Audience.

I Did Not Want 'battleship' To Be Perceived As An American War Film. I Wanted To Do Everything I Could To Make The Film Accessible To A Global Audience. It Felt Like Bringing An Alien Component To The Film Would Help Take The American Jingoism Out Of It.