Matthew Vaughn

“I'm not a member of a minority but I can empathize with what's going on.”

“When I did 'Stardust,' I was fighting the studio for things I believed were right.”

“I had a philosophy, which may have been proven right, that directing isn't as hard as everyone says it is.”

“For me, I'm not Spielberg. I can't edit while filming another film.”

“People just want to watch movies that are entertaining, it doesn't matter what genre it is.”

“Music is half the film.”

“You can't please everyone... If you make a good movie, that's all that matters.”

“I was inspired by all of it. 'The Avengers,' 'Harry Palmer,' 'The Prisoner,' 'The Man from UNCLE,' 'In Like Flint.' Of course, there's a huge shadow of Bond - Bond is the monolith of spy movies - but it's not just about Bond; there were a lot of other things that influenced me.”

“So I am concerned about the amount of time we have to make it, cause it doesn't matter how much money you have, you can't create more time.”

“I'm more of a comic-book movie fan than a comic book fan.”

“I don't believe in development. I believe in pre-pre-production, so when I sit down with an idea for a movie, I'm thinking I'm going to make this film. I don't think about anything else.”