Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black and white movie.

A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is.

I was once described by one of my critics as an aesthetic fascist.

I'm always afraid someone's going to tap me on the shoulder one day and say, 'Back to North London'.

It doesn't matter what the technology is - no one will watch a Peter Greenaway film anyway.

A Great Movie Evolves when Everybody Has the Same Vision in Their Heads.

Film-making is a physically hard job.