“I'm very fascinated by genre.” — Zal Batmanglij Quote

“I'm very fascinated by genre.”

“I don't want to make a 100 hundred million dollar movie I have no stake in.”

“'The Terminator' is grounded in so much realism. It's again a story that centers around a woman that isn't a 'woman's picture' necessarily. I found it really thrilling, both 'Terminator 1' and '2.' When you watch it it's such fine storytelling.”

“Fantasy/science-fiction stories have been around almost as long as each genre, but every hybrid now lives in the shadow of 'Star Wars.'”

“I try to just be the person I am, with a lot of sensitivity to the genre in which I'm playing.”

“I go by the role pretty much. And I think the only genre I haven't gotten to do but I'd love to is a western, but no one has ever asked me to do that. Unfortunately they are very few and far between these days, but that is one type of film I'd love to do.”