I Can't Think Of Any More Important

If Your Movies Don't Perform, They Just Stop Calling You.

The Director's In Charge Of Every Single Decision [in Film]. It's A Dictatorship.it's A Benevolent Dictatorship, But It's True. It's Every Single Shot. There's Nothing Arbitrary.

The Only Sci-fi Movie That I've Ever Been Offered That, Had Circumstances Been Different, I Would Have Definitely Done, Was 'avatar.' And I Literally Couldn't Do It Because Of My Schedule. But Listening To James Cameron Talk About 'avatar' Was So Fascinating. Because He Literally Invented The World In His Mind - And It Literally Existed.

The Danger Of Course Is Always Is Caricature. The Biggest Challenge Was To Sound Like Nelson Mandela. Everything Else Is Easy To Do, Walk Like Him. He Has A Few Ticks And Things I Noticed That I Picked Up. I Didn't Have Any Agenda, As It Were, In Playing The Role Other Than To Bring It As Close To Reality As I Possibly Could.

Generally, The Bigger The Budget, The Less Interesting The Characters Become.