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We found in 'The Matrix' that people were willing to accept something more. It was a smarter film.

I wanted to do 'Matrix' because when I saw the first one, I was in Paris, and I came out from the movie and said, 'Wow - I've never seen something like that; it's so incredible.'

I've made a lot of stupid action films in my life but I like stupid action films and am kind of proud of them.

I remember leaving the first 'Matrix' movie feeling completely radicalized, completely changed. I think we all, from our ordinary lives, like to think about putting ourselves into these extraordinary situations and wonder how we'd respond.

Well I didn't actually see the Matrix but I've seen other movies where with similar sorts of themes.

The action genre is kind of designed for a young male audience. But we found on 'The Matrix' that we hit the Valhalla of movie making, which is the four quadrant audience - the young male audience, the older male audience, the young female audience and the older female audience.

I never really planned on making action films. It just kind of happened.

I've made one action movie. But nobody saw it, so I guess that doesn't count for most people.

Action films have a certain illogicalness to them. They're what we call, when we're working, 'exaggerated realism.'

I was made for action movies.