If you want to give me Robert Downey Jr in a metal suit and have him join the X-Men, then yes, let’s go head-to-head [with Marvel Studios].

We don't live in the world of reality, we live in the world of how we perceive reality.

I love filmmaking, and I love the process. And I would rather do nothing else. It's a privilege to be able to paint such big pictures, so to speak.

Perception has always interested me. The idea thatbehind every face, there are a thousand faces. Beneath the placidveneer of middle America, there lies terror.

This is a darker Lex too, because he's been in prison and he wants revenge. He's not playing around.

Once I start something, I always finish it. They had been trying to get X-Men made for 30 years and they thought maybe if I got involved, it might actually happen.

I started making 8mm films when I was 13, so I've been directing for 21 years.

I know what to do with the camera because I see the giant in the camera when I'm operating it live on the set.

I love Hugh Jackman. Love Hugh Jackman. He's the coolest. He's one of the coolest actors I've ever worked with, and I'll do anything with him.

When you're dealing with shooting a lot of live action in 3D, you're committed to how much 3D you're giving the audience.

Size, perspective- large objects, when you make them too 3D, you dimensionalize them too much, they appear tiny, so you have to be careful about things like that.

It's not a secret that the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.

Words have to die if humans are to live.

Anyone who believes what a cat tells him deserves all he gets.

Let woman out of the home, let man into it, should be the aim of education. The home needs man, and the world outside needs woman.

Do you think it not lawful for me to teach women and why do you call me to teach the court?

Far from being accidental details, the properties of nature's basic building blocks are deeply entwined with the fabric of space and time.

Not long ago someone said I should shorten it to just Emma. But I really, really love my name. From as far as I can remember, my parents have taught me to be really proud of my name.

A lot of people probably say I'm stupid, and they're probably right, because there are people who take days off who are still in the league, and I'm not.

The foundation of acting is the reality of doing.

Noooo, there’s no way I, a mere handsome and sexy shopkeeper, could possibly have bankai!