Travis Beacham

We wanted it to be that you could go to the comic shop and read about the back story of 'Pacific Rim' and the drama inherent in it.

Once you start putting in political subtext, it does create intellectually challenging science-fiction, but with 'Pacific Rim,' I always thought it would be a shame if kids couldn't go see this movie about giant robots fighting giant monsters because it seemed to have a political point of view.

If it involved giants on any level, as a kid I was really wrapped up in that.

You don't naturally tend to identify with someone who's very different from you on the outside.

You have to be open to other people's ideas, and you can't be too married to your own.

Making 'Pacific Rim' was a lot like what you imagined making movies would be like when you were 12.

I would definitely, definitely love to do more comic work. I think, creatively, there's something that's differently rewarding about it than the rewards of filmmaking.

I would love to have more original material developed. 'Pacific Rim' has made that slightly more possible.

I think that's where the magic happens, when you get a bunch of people who are really, incredibly talented and good at what they do and very passionate about the project that they're working on and in love with it. I think that's when you get something that's really special.

I love movies, but I would love to write as many graphic novels as people would read from me.

There's a few things I learned from my experience on 'Hieroglyph.' First of all, I learned that building a world doesn't need to be as expensive as a summer blockbuster. Yeah yeah, newsflash, I know.

In my experience, very few people walk out of a movie. You have them for two hours, and you're free to explain or not explain whatever you see fit.