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I Have A Tradition Of Working With Actors, Over And Over Again. I've Worked With Jason Bateman, Over And Over Again. You Get To Know An Actor, And You Get A Certain Trust And A Comfort, And You Become Really Good Friends, And You Feel Like You've Got A Short-hand.

I Believe That Anything In This World Is Fair Game For A Creative Exercise.

To Get Audiences To Go See A Film Is A Completely Separate Issue.

I Somewhere Along The Way Became Fascinated With Exploring Characters Who Are Willing To Put Themselves Into Violent Situations, Whether It's Football, Hockey, Boxing, Being A Cop, Being A Soldier. There's Not A Lot Of People Who Are Willing To Put Themselves Into Those Situations.

I Was In New York 9/11. Mark's [wahlberg] From Boston, Flew There Immediately After. I Was In Nice Bastille Day When The Truck Drove Through And Killed All These People. It's The New Reality, Unfortunately. The Idea Of Trying To Explore How We Process This Kind Of Event, How We Survive Emotionally, What We Tell Our Kids: That Was The Movie [patriots Day] We Wanted To Make.