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

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

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.

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.

Film-making is a physically hard job.

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

I'm a pluralist. I've always argued that as many different films as possible should be made.