Quotes from Ruben Fleischer

I think any opportunity you can to employ some visual technique, go for it.

I have a music-video background, and I feel like the responsibility of a music-video director is to do something that hasn't been done before in a really cool visual way. So much innovation has come in filmmaking through music videos.

I think the filmmakers that I love are ones that cross genres and do different thinks, the way that David O. Russell can do something like 'Flirting With Disaster' but then go do 'Three Kings' which is like an incredibly visual film - that's a huge reference point.

If you've loved a girl your entire life and you've been afraid to tell her, don't wait because you never know what might happen.

Yeah, I love 'Boardwalk Empire.'

Sometimes in L.A., we get accused of being superficial. I feel like Portland's the opposite, in that there's a greater depth of character, and sense of self.

We didn't want to make a movie that excluded any fans. 'Venom' fans actually are of all ages, and so we wanted to be inclusive to all the fans that were excited about the movie.

You know, the comedic and horror thing was the key to 'Zombieland,' which is a comedy first.

I've definitely pitched some viral ideas and do have a pretty good understanding of the Web.

I've had a really hard time dealing with 35mm. I greatly prefer HD.

I just want to make sure whatever I take on, I can deliver.

Yeah, I feel lucky to have the opportunity to try different things.

I've always been fascinated by history.

I've got to give a lot of credit to my cinematographer, Chung-hoon Chung, who is a master and among other things shot 'Old Boy,' which is a very famous single-take fight scene. He's really a true master.

I'm not as clever as J.J. Abrams and those guys who fill it with all of these things for people to find.

I started with digital filmmaking. I've pretty much only done digital filmmaking.

My first job in Hollywood was as a PA in the writers room of 'Dawson's Creek,' and from that early experience on, I've always had an intense appreciation for the energy, creativity and process of making television.

'The Dark Knight' does such a great job of delivering an intense, action-packed film that didn't pull any punches.

I've always loved the genre of gangster films.

I started out as an assistant to a director on two movies, Miguel Arteta. The movies I worked on were 'Chuck and Buck' and 'The Good Girl.' I didn't even know I wanted to be a director until I started working with Miguel.

Some of the greatest movies of all time are within this genre, 'The Godfather,' and 'Goodfellas,' and 'Untouchables' and there's just so many classic gangster movies that I was always such a fan of.

I thought 'I Am Legend' did a really great job of it, and 'Omega Man,' that concept of an empty world.

You know, duality has always been a strong theme throughout 'Venom'-focused stories, whether it's in the comics or in movies, and that's something I think that Tom Hardy's played with in a lot of his work.

I think sometimes when things have too much time to develop you overthink it and you start making changes that aren't necessary.