I think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.

I can be shy, but I’m not really. I try to be better at overcoming these things people have said.

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.

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.

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.

Your one certainty in life, your power as a human being, is that you have a choice in every situation about what you do next and about how you take what has happened to you.

I've gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing.