I've Sort Of Escaped My Background, As

You Can Do Anything You Like - Really - But This Sci-fi Is Absolutely Disciplined, It's Zen, You Have To Be Absolutely Focused In An Area. You Have To Zone Into An Area And You Then You Can Achieve When You Get There. It's Really Weird!

One Of The Things In The Mary Shelley [frankenstein] Is That The Creature Tells His Story, So This Begins With The Creature's Point Of View. So, It Literally Starts With The Creature Opening His Eyes And Is Born - But Is Obviously In His 30s. But Because They're The Creator And The Created We Thought It Would Be Really Interesting If They Could Look At Each Other Every Other Night And Play Each Other's Roles.

My Dad Was A Labourer And My Mum Had Exactly The Same Job As Noel Gallagher's Mum - She Was A Dinner Lady At Our Local School. Everyone Comes Over From Ireland And They Get The Same Jobs.

I Made This Film 'the Beach,' Which Didn't Take Place In A City, And It Didn't Really Suit Me.

I've Just Been To The Taj Mahal Which I'd Never Been To And I'm Not A Very Romantic Kind Of Guy But It Is The Most Romantic Thing I've Ever Seen.