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

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.

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

Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it's quite fine, so fine that the Irish don't even acknowledge that it exists.

Making a film is so hard that if you don't have your main actors going along with the ride with the rest of the crew it can make your life very difficult.

I turn on the TV sometimes, start watching something and think: 'This seems quite good, a bit familiar.' Then I realise … It's one of my movies. It's a pretty odd feeling.