I'm A Huge Fan Of

I Like Films That Are About Two Hours Not More.

One Of The Challenges Assembling The Film Was That Gun Fight Went On For Three And A Half Hours And We Obviously Couldn't Spend Three And A Half Hours Of The Film With One Gun Fight. It Was Trying To Figure Out The Balance Of How Much An Audience Could Take Before They Either Became Repulsed Or Desensitized Or Bored Or Just Overwhelmed.

I Did Not Want 'battleship' To Be Perceived As An American War Film. I Wanted To Do Everything I Could To Make The Film Accessible To A Global Audience. It Felt Like Bringing An Alien Component To The Film Would Help Take The American Jingoism Out Of It.

Hollywood Is Not Stupid, Contrary To Popular Belief; It's Really A Lot Of Intelligent People Trying To Figure Things Out.

It's Always Funny To Me How Your Movie Becomes No Longer Yours And People Interpret It How They Want And React How They Want To React To It, And It's Fun To Kind Of Watch That Happen.