What Kind Of Town Do We Want

I Think I've Been Fortunate Enough To Have A Fairly Long Career And Hopefully I'm At The Middle Of It Now. And I Think I'm Starting To Develop A Certain Amount Of Experience And A Certain Amount Of Wisdom About Kind Of What Really Matters And What Doesn't Matter.

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.

We're Both [with Mark Wahlberg] Capable Of Being Sarcastic, Vicious, Violent Lunatics, But We Hold Each Other In Check, Appeal To The Best Aspects Of Each Other.

I Don't Like Alien Films Where You Don't Get To See The Aliens.

I Wanted To Do A Naval Film And I Flirted With Different Ideas, Most Of Which Ended Up Being Too Intense. So When The Idea Of 'battleship' Was First Suggested, I Was Instantly Drawn To The Challenge - Could I Invent A Movie Around The Idea Of Five Ships Fighting Five Ships?