"I tried to buy the script of 'Hancock.' I loved it. The script was far darker and edgier than the mo..." — Matthew Vaughn

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

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.'