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

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.

The films that I do tend to polarise people's views.

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

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

Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with.