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I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil.

There's good art and there's bad art. A lot of action films are bad art, but Paul Greengrass showed us with the Bourne films that it's possible to make an action film with a political, social conscience.

I mean, I love action films, you know, good action films.

I think what makes a good action film is a story that gets you involved. Just action, by itself, is not going to work.

With action films, it's great if it's not just driven by action, but by a good story and interesting characters, as well. Though, there's nothin' like kicking butt!

I've been asked to do action-oriented movies in the past and they just haven't been right for me.

Action films are great, but an action film that has characters that are compelling and a story that people can care about is something even better. We love to see action heroes that are vulnerable, that are sensitive, that are family people, that are accessible.

A lot of action movies today seem to have scenes that just lead up to the action.

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

I love action movies.