Steven Zaillian

I have no problem with anyone being precise about small things.

I'm not one of those people who writes long soliloquies.

I find that most of my scripts have a lot more scenes than most films, so the average movie might have 100 scenes, my average script has 300 scenes.

I don't have a lot of patience for boring arthouse movies.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow.