Though he's written for and directed a who's who of Hollywood talent, Gilroy admits casting Oscar winner Roberts as his leading lady made him a bit nervous.  “You get past your first, 'Oh, this is Julia Roberts and I'm working with her,'” he laughs.  “You watch her working, and it's effortless.  She's such a veteran and so smart about what the camera means to her”–Writer-Director Tony Gilroy

Immigration is an essential part of the American identity.  Our country has always been identified, as a welcoming country and it’s sad that there’s so much anti-immigrant sentiment being expressed today–Director Wayne Kramer 

Adding to the book's mystique, with its intricate, multi-layered storytelling and dialogue, symbolism and synchronicity, flashbacks and meta-fiction, Watchmen has long been considered in a class of its own and virtually unfilmable.

When I first read the script, my interest was piqued by a key scene, the story’s hero, Louis Salinger, encounters the bank’s assassin by chance on a Manhattan street and an unpromising lead turns into a momentous shift in the case.  The quiet tension of that scene, as Salinger and his colleagues follow the assassin, builds to a climax at the Guggenheim Museum.  That scene left an indelible impression and struck me as a great movie moment.  As the Guggenheim museum events unfolded immediately thereafter, I began to think this could become an interesting film.  The last 40 pages of the script made it for me–Director Tom Tykwer

Anna frequently turns to her friend Mary for advice, though it's not always the best. Drew Barrymore, who also serves as one of the film's executive producers, took on the role of the ad sales rep at a local newspaper: “I related to Mary and her trials and tribulations of trying to find the right guy, and I loved the fact that her friends are all trying to figure it out with her in this modern, sometimes unromantic, confusing, technological approach to romance. Not long ago, we were waiting months at a time for just a letter and now we live in an age where everything is instant gratification.”