Its more like Christmas, you know, when you get a shot in that looks great and its exactly what you want. Its a great feeling, and theres nothing like it. – Zack Snyder
We tried to approach this as though theres never been a Superman movie before, but at the same time respecting the canon and mythology. There are the pillars that you have to respect, and Im not about to break them. But it is fun for me to bend them and mess with them. – Zack Snyder
Its interesting now that basically a CG set is the same cost as a real set. So like if youre going to build a CG house in the suburbs, it costs you $200,000. And if you were going to build it in a computer, itll cost you $200,000. Its the same… the relationship is exactly the same. – Zack Snyder
My mom always encouraged me, it was never weird. Shed look at Heavy Metal and go Woo-hoo! – Zack Snyder
People always come up to me now and say, Watchmen is the best superhero movie ever made. Im always saying Thats super cool. Thats nice of you to say. But it happens now, more and more and more than it did when it first came out. – Zack Snyder
I always say, Im certain I changed Watchmen less than the Coen brothers changed No Country for Old Men. Im certain of it. But you dont hear the Cormac McCarthy fans, like, up in arms about it. They should be. Its like an amazing Pulitzer Prize-winning book. – Zack Snyder
Hes this amazing ambassador for all superheroes. What weve made as a film not only examines that but is also an amazing adventure story. Its been an honor to work on. As a comic book fan, Superman is like the Rosetta Stone of all superheroes. – Zack Snyder