Couldn't agree more with his choice of favourite kaiju. And even though I wouldn't have immediately guessed War of the Gargantuas, it really does have that tragic/misunderstood monster aspect to it that he loves, so I can see why that would be one of his picks for his favourite movies.
I'm surprised the guy didn't ask him what his reaction would be if he was ever asked to direct a Godzilla movie though. I know he said he wouldn't like to play in an established movie sandbox universe, but he
was going to be directing The Hobbit at one point, and Godzilla is such a malleable character and universe that I'm sure if he ever got the chance he could do great things with it.
Though maybe after Pacific Rim that's just me being greedy.