I Want People To Leave The Cinema

People Say You Never Remember Anybody Who Dies In Movies, And It's True, You Don't. You Don't Even Remember People Who Disappear. Although The Moment That It Happens Might Be Terribly Sad And Moving, Five Minutes Later, If You're Asked To Remember That Person, You Go, "oh Right, Yeah, Yeah!" 'cause You're Just Moving Forward.

Actors Are Steeped In A World Of Agents And Where The Next Job Is Coming From And What Are Their Expenses And What Is The Hotel Like. You Want To Take Them Out Of That World And Dump Them Into Another World, So That When You Meet Them On The Screen They Don't Seem Like The Guy Who Was In Two Others Movies That Year.

I'm A Big Sports Fan. Football. Cricket.

Your First Film Is Always Your Best Film, In A Way. There's Something About Your First Film That You Never Ever Get Back To, But You Should Always Try. It's That Slight Sense Of Not Knowing What You're Doing, Because The Technical Skills You Learn - Especially If You Have A Film That Works, That Has Some Kind Of Success - Are Beguiling. The Temptation Is To Use Them Again, And They're Not Necessarily Good Storytelling Techniques.

I Was Brought Up A Very Strict Catholic And I Don't Practice Anymore Or Anything.