In film, I find it very useful always to do some preparation before you start rehearsals or start shooting, because there's so much that's against you on a film set.

I do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.

Dustin Hoffman also never does the same thing twice which is totally stimulating because you're always getting something new from him. You never really know what he's going to do next, so you have to be on your toes.

We are so mired in the complexity of our reactions to other people that when you come across someone who is asocial, there is a simplicity that is refreshing.

I don't think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?

Even today, England is a very repressed, repressive country, and there's pressure to be kind of a certain way, so people do things that ultimately make them sad.

What I notice about people who are gifted in filmmaking is that they're great thinkers. They engage with big ideas and they engage with people.