Quotes by Wolfgang Petersen

Achilles was like a rock star of his day so it made sense to have Brad Pitt playing him.

I must have seen 200 girls out of the 3,000 we auditioned. It was hell. In the end we had our own currency for the girls we saw. We would ask - how many ships could she launch? It was 212, 380, so on and so forth, but as soon as we saw Diane we knew we had the right face.

In reality, I think there aren't really such things as bad guys and good guys.

There is an art to casting. And I hope we will see more ensemble films. I don't like star-led films, it's much better to have more stars in one film so that the audience can see them working together.

We like Batman - we understand him, we suffer with him. On the other hand, we want to be Superman. But they're conflicting philosophies. Let's bring them together in one movie and see how we, as an audience, wrestle with our inner demons.

Theaters are always going to be around, and doing fine. With computers and technology, we're becoming more and more secluded from each other. And the movie theater is one of the last places where we can still gather and experience something together. I don't think the desire for that magic will ever go away.