I think you get better at staring into space. Especially living in the South of France.

I was speaking to Ridley Scott the other day and he makes a film every 18 months. He's amazing really.

Well, I think just the fact that you are making your first film is a huge step.

I've always been interested in films where you can identify with the actors. Where you can be in their shoes and therefore be more involved if they're people that you recognize.

It's the sort of subject that always interests me: jealousy and the language of suspicion and guilt. I think it interests people.

The challenge, really, on any new film is to try to avoid that and achieve a few moments that aren't cliche.

Foxes was a movie that didn't do a lot of business but it didn't do too badly critically and eventually they offered me other things. The interesting thing was that next I tried a film called Star Man, which Michael Douglas was producing.