Well, if you ask any filmmaker how they got into it, everyone came a different route. Ive never actually watched another director work.

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

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.

I always argued against the auteur theory; films are a collaborative art form. I've had some fantastically good people help me make the movies.

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.

Well, if you ask any filmmaker how they got into it, everyone came a different route. Ive never actually watched another director work.

Personally I am very much against the death penalty for several reasons.