"I aspire to be a director...I think it stems from wanting to be a conductor, another desire of mine from my childhood, though I was not interested in music, not at all. I just wanted to control that orchestra." "There was a point where I was just going to call myself 'uh' because people would walk up to me in the street and say 'hey you're, uh....' That would just make it a lot easier for them. And I could just say 'yes, I am!'" "I blame Ridley Scott really, because he was the person who went "I love Star Trek and I'd love it if you were in my movie" and people like Oliver Stone went "I hated Star Trek and I don't want you in Alexander!" I was really lucky there".