What people adore about superhero movies is the signal quality of the Christopher Nolan films - their complete lack of irony when it comes to the portrayal of heroism and the need for heroes to confront evil.

I don't want to make movies for kids and I don't want to make movies for adults either.

I wasn't allowed to go to movies when I was kid my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings that was the extent of it.

Now on Friday nights if I want to go hang out with friends I go hang out with friends. If I want to stay in and be in the hot tub and have people over to watch movies I do that.

And what I like about it is it makes me happy and I think it makes a lot of people happy to go to the movies and to not think about the problems of the day or the problems of tomorrow or the yesterday and just go on for the ride and have the fun of losing oneself in a fantasy.

I've made so many movies playing a hooker that they don't pay me in the regular way anymore. They leave it on the dresser.

They say I can open movies and that's nice in that it puts into people's minds that women can do it. It's not just Kevin Costner not just Arnold Schwarzenegger. Not just the guys.

I think it's better to be involved in one or two movies a year.

If people are constantly reading about you and you're overexposed they've got no reason to go see your movies. Also it's not pleasant or nice to have your privacy invaded.

I will make action movies I think for a few more years another five years.