Music has that ability to be a magical thing, and I was like, maybe music is the vehicle that transports us to that other world.

The thing about owls is that they do sort of have this facial disc, which is unlike any other bird. They kind of have a face, more than like a dog or a giraffe. They have this weird, alien face that you can actually make expressive.

The thing about 'Dark Knight' is its objective is to set Batman into your world, so that you can imagine the moral dilemmas he faces are exactly parallel to moral dilemmas that you would face in this world, today, if you were out there fighting crime dressed like a bat.

'Watchmen' is like the music you feel is written just for you. 'That's my song, no one else gets that but me.' That's why the fan base is so rabid, because they feel personal about it.

You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'

When I make a live-action movie, it's a very physical process. It's like running a marathon.