I Imagine The Film ["300"] As If

I've Ended Up As A Filmmaker Who Really Loves The Movie Part Of Movies. That Time In My Life Was A Big Influence On The Kind Of Movies That I Ended Up Making. I Always Think I'm Going To Make A Movie That's Gritty And Real, But Then I Make A Movie That's Like An Opera. I Fight It At First And Then That's Just The Way It Is.

I Write In A Pretty Straightforward Way. I Kind Of Sit Down At Page One And Start Writing.

The Problem Is, When You're Making An Animated Movie, The Studio Has An Illusion In Their Minds - And It's Really Not True - That Because It's A Drawing, It Can Be Changed At Any Time.

I Think Up To This Point, It's Been Difficult To Suggest A World Where Batman And Superman And Wonder Woman And Others Could Exist In The Same Universe. That Was One Of The Things I Really Wanted To Try And Get At. Not To Mention, The Amazing Opportunity To Bring Those Characters And Have Those Characters Tell An Important Story, Their Own Story, Within The Confines Of A Film.

Reality's Its Own Thing. And I'm Not Really Into Reality That Much. I'm Into This Cinematic Stylized Reality That Can Comment On Reality. It's Like The Most Beautiful Parts Of Reality And The Saddest Parts, But It's None Of This Middle Ground.