I think we're all kind of alike when you do your first film. You have great hopes, but you don't hope too much.

With John Wick we wanted to do something like that. So rather than punching, kicks - and for the kind of way we wanted to shoot it, which is longer takes - our initial instinct was let's go with a throwing or grappling arm.

Character imperfection is the important thing to keep them from being superheroes.

When I first met Laurence I was Keanu's [Reeves] stunt double on the first Matrix. So, a little evolution there with career status. But then cut to the thirteen/fourteen years later where now I'm asking Laurence Fishburne to trust my directorial capacity [in John Wick 2].

I consider Laurence [Fishburn], Keanu [Reeves], both very acclaimed actors, I mean so good.