I love filmmaking, and I love the process. And I would rather do nothing else. It's a privilege to be able to paint such big pictures, so to speak.
I never read comics growing up at all. I liked science-fiction, fantasy, and watched a lot of television, but I never read comics.
I started making 8mm films when I was 13, so I've been directing for 21 years.
I'm actually part of a number of minorities. I grew up being a horribly awkward kid. A terrible student. And now I find myself as a filmmaker, and you feel kind of alone in the world because you're separate from everyone else.
In certain places, for whatever reason, just for being Caucasian or having blue eyes, someone might want to cut my head off. For being American, for being anything, for just being myself, someone might want to destroy me. That concept is so terrifying that it constantly bears exploration.
Once I start something, I always finish it. They had been trying to get X-Men made for 30 years and they thought maybe if I got involved, it might actually happen.
We don't live in the world of reality, we live in the world of how we perceive reality.
What we call 'evil' doesn't necessarily deserve any kind of respect or understanding, by any means; it just deserves an acknowledgement of its complexity so we can better understand it - so we can help prevent it.
You just have to trust your instincts and hope that if someone doesn't like your idea, you can prove them wrong in the final process. In the end, you can please some of the people some of the time, but that's about all you can do.
Bryan directed the final shots of King Kong when Peter Jackson felt ill due fatigue, so Bryan was called to replace Peter for the final days of filming.
He was originally cast by the Sci-Fi channel in 2001 to produce a remake of Battlestar Gallactica but due the attacks to the World Trade Center the productions of the remake was delayed and Bryan moved from the project to direct the second sequel of the X-Men, X-Men:United.
His film The Usual Suspect won in 1995 the BAFTA award for best film.
Bryan often works with music composer John Ottman.
He used the Richard Donner Superman movie timeline to make the movie Superman Returns.
He was ranked #46 on Premiere Magazine, 2006 Power 50 list.
Bryan is first degree cousin once removed of actors Marc Singer and Lori Singer.
He and Ethan Hawke are childhood friends.
He use alienation as a primary theme in his films.
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