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Good action films - not crap, but good action films - are really morality plays. They deal in modern, mythic culture.

One of the reasons why people - particularly young people - love action movies is because what they are really looking for is justice.

Any film is about heroism: the triumph of good over evil. If you look back at my films, you will see that as a recurring theme.

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

The difference being that in films, unlike in life, good does always win over evil in the end.

I think making a great action movie is one of the hardest cinematic endeavors. By definition, smart characters avoid action. Smart people don't go down dark alleys, but if you're making an action movie and you want to have an action sequence, somehow you have to get that character into that dangerous situation.

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.

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

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'm not an admirer of action movies. I just think, Oh my God, it must be so tiring.