Sheldon Turner managed to get a "story by" credit. He wrote the Magneto script that none of us had even read. I didn't even know that. I was like, "Who the fuck is this guy?"

X-Men: First Class manages to be a summer movie with something to say

Cornish’s debut is supremely assured, and well-versed in genre tropes

Yes, the humour returns, with the opening peppered with killer lines, subtle details, and even one or two physical comedy routines.

Did you ever read the original script for [Jonah Hex]? It was by the guys who did Crank, Neveldine and Taylor. The script was fucking brilliant. And they just did horrendous, horrendous things to that film

I think the idea that it's your film, that it's the director who owns the film, is preposterous. It's such a collaborative art.