What is compelling with 'War Horse' is the jaw-dropping, awe-inspiring craftsmanship in this movie.

I find it really awe inspiring. It really touched me.

If the second dinosaur to the left of the tall cycad tree had not happened to sneeze and thereby fail to catch the tiny, shrew-like ancestor of all the mammals, we should none of us be here.

If you can find somebody as talented as Joss who also brings with him a fan base, that's something you look long and hard at. We took a chance. There's no net.

Be serious. You've got to do the job you were hired to do well, but there's always more you can do. When I was an assistant, I would say to myself, 'You may not be an executive, but act like one.' I would volunteer for any creative assignment - read scripts, do 'coverage,' write notes.

Munich. If you're on either side in an extremist way on the issue of the source of the Middle East conflict, you're not going to just be upset, you're going to be really upset. Is that the reason not to make it? That was the gist of all of our conversations.