When there's an adult person who's scaring you, you grow up pretty quickly.

I think directing in a team is a really good idea because it stops the cult of the director as God straight away, and also you're discussing things on set so it opens it out to everyone and it becomes a totally collaborative thing. And you have someone who supports you when you're feeling a bit insecure.

So the experts think we could have an AIDS-free generation in Africa by 2015, even if the mothers are positive.

I love a film where I get squished by two dumpsters or I fly through the air.

I'm Scottish first, and it's odd to hear that I'm a Scottish-American.

It's really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves.

Often for me, if I hear a song I know, it clicks for me and I hear it in a different way and I think, "I could sing that song. I've got something to say about that song. Wanting to connect with an audience and wanting them to rethink songs; it is actually important to do songs they're familiar with. Also, I love those songs. In a way, I think I've changed people's perceptions of what a cabaret show like this could be.