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Directing 'Fifty Shades of Grey' has been an intense and incredible journey for which I am hugely grateful. I have Universal to thank for that.

I feel like I'm the only person - or woman, at least - who hasn't read 'Fifty Shades of Grey.'

I want to play a character with grey shades.

'Between Shades of Gray' is a story of astonishing force. I feel grateful for a writer like Ruta Sepetys who bravely tells the hard story of what happens to the innocent when world leaders and their minions choose hate and oppression. Beautiful and unforgettable.

Sometimes I worry I'm writing 'Fifty Shades of Grey' for teenagers, but I'm not.

Hope E. L .James doesn't think I'm being a prankster. I really want to adapt her novels for the screen. Christian Grey is a writer's dream.

The way the films look will never entertain an audience alone. It has to be in the service of a good story with great characters.

Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste.

I've never read any of the '50 Shades of Grey' books because the Internet pre-educated me about the 'my inner goddess is doing the merengue with some salsa moves' material.