Matthew Vaughn

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

I tried to buy the script of 'Hancock.' I loved it. The script was far darker and edgier than the movie.

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

I'm a closet geek.

I used to be very much Jekyll-and-Hyde, where the Jekyll in me would say, 'Keep to the budget, be responsible,' and Hyde would be like ,'Ah, we can do an extra shot or an extra day.'

If it's scary, it's supposed to be scary. If it's funny, it's supposed to be funny. That's all I try to do.

Most of the movies nominated for Oscars put me to sleep.

I was so nervous about 'Kingsman,' I can't tell you, because when you do things different and fresh and fun and crazy, you don't know how people are going to react.

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.

My theory is that there's a knee-jerk reaction against technology in movie making.

If you do something that's different and quirky and original, it takes time for people to figure it out.

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.

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

I like the idea of making big budget films with a heart. I like graphic novels more than comic books.

I think you should make a movie that has an audience.

I'm a big believer that it doesn't matter what you call your company, nobody ever notices.

I think music is what takes the experience off the screen into your soul, into your head.

Music is half the film.

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 think it's easier to make a film with 200 million dollars than 960 grand.