Usually on a film set it's making sure that everyone is there for their scene, and the moment their scene is over they disappear.

So many Hollywood adaptations of really popular manga series just don't get it right, and for me what was really important was that if I was gonna do 'Naruto,' I wanted to actually work with Kishimoto and get a script to a stage where he would look at it and be excited about realizing it.

I'm a big believer in bringing in other creative minds; I do it in my commercial work.

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