Well I've Never Used That

People Think You Have This Exciting And Romantic Life, Because You Project This Exciting, Romantic Life On Screen. But In Reality You're Just Doing The Same Thing As Everyone Else - You Know, Sitting Around Watching Tv With Your Gut Hanging Out, Playing With Your Kid, Or Even Sitting On The Toilet. You Know What's Weird? Even I'm Not That Interested In My Personal Life Any More.

I Don't Spend Too Much Time Just Kicking Back.

I Really Feel That's Part Of Why Audiences Go To Movies Now Is To Take You To A World You Have No Access To, Whether It's The World Of Avengers Or Middle-earth Or Bars In Boston You Would Be Afraid To Go Into. You See Characters There - They Aren't Hobbits But They're Close.

There Are Two Things For A Marriage To Be Good. One Is To Work Hard On It. The Other One Is To Marry Above You. And I Succeeded At Both Of Those.

To Answer The Question, Though: I Didn't Always Want To Direct. I Just Liked The Idea Of It. If A Friend Was Making A Short And Needed Someone Who Knew Screen Direction, I Would Jump In. It Would Be Horrible, But It Led To A Short, Then Another, And Another. It Was Like Student Films.