I'm A Huge Fan Of The Navy.

I Have A Tradition Of Working With Actors, Over And Over Again. I've Worked With Jason Bateman, Over And Over Again. You Get To Know An Actor, And You Get A Certain Trust And A Comfort, And You Become Really Good Friends, And You Feel Like You've Got A Short-hand.

I've Been A Big Believer In Musicians Turned Actor, Going Back To Sinatra Winning The Oscar For 'from Here To Eternity.' David Bowie In 'man Who Fell To Earth,' Kris Kristofferson's Been Great In A Bunch Of Films. Liza Minnelli, Barbra Streisand, Mariah Carey, I Thought Was Great In 'precious.

I Wanted To Do A Naval Film And I Flirted With Different Ideas, Most Of Which Ended Up Being Too Intense. So When The Idea Of 'battleship' Was First Suggested, I Was Instantly Drawn To The Challenge - Could I Invent A Movie Around The Idea Of Five Ships Fighting Five Ships?

There's A Picture Of The Real Coach Gary Gaines In The Book And He's Sitting In The Locker Room After A Game, And He Just Looks So Much Like Billy Bob, That We Went To Him.

I Don't Like Alien Films Where You Don't Get To See The Aliens.