When You're Doing A Big Movie, You're

Politics Is Very Interesting And Always Leads To Conflict.

I Spend A Lot Of My Time Just Developing Material; Or The Company Does. That Material Can Come From A Book, Can Come From A Newspaper, Can Come From A Discussion And Sometimes It Can Come From A Script That Got Passed Over And Is Floating Around.

I Think One Of The Successes Of Gladiator Is How We Manage To Turn On A Dime The Character From One Thing To Another Where You Believe He Is One Thing And He Is Something Very Different.

When You're Doing A Big Movie, You're Gone For 10 Months To A Year.

If I Have To, I'll Go And Direct Theater And Talk Till The Cows Come Home.