I've Become Friends With Michael

I Don't Think I've Seen That Sort Of Character In A Long Time In This Genre Because Again, There Was A Time When You Could Have Quirky, Strange Characters That You Grew To Love, You Didn't Quite Understand, You Know, And Then All Of A Sudden They Became Almost Cardboard Cutouts For Awhile. You Kind Of Know The Guy, What His Deal Is - This Guy's Hard To Figure Out. He Has Some Strange Habits, But, You Learn To Love Him And You Discover More About Him, Where It Comes From.

Sometimes Violence In A Very Real Way Is Much Faster And More Impactful Because It Feels Real And You're Watching It Happen And You're Watching Your Star Do These Things, So It's Not Like He's Doing Superhero Moves.

The Violence You Witness Is Denzel Doing It And We're Taking Some Visual Effects And Doing Some Things And You See Something Happen It's Happening In Front Of You As Opposed To Cutting Away And Doing A Bunch Of Tricks. It's In Front Of You. So It's Hard Not To Make It A Hard "r" If You See A Guy Get Punched And Teeth Wind Up In Someone's Knuckles.

I Like Being In Real Environments. I Love Being In The Place That It's About - These Sets And Locations Are Characters In The Movies. Can You Imagine Breakfast At Tiffany's Shot Somewhere Else? It's Classic. Characters Are Part Of Storytelling; They're Just As Important As Everything Else.

I'm A Product Of Older Filmmakers I Guess, The Past Where You Get To Make Movies And Scenes Are What They Are.