I'm ashamed to say the first play I saw at the Royal Court was mine.

My problem is I'm a man of no convictions - at least, I think I am.

You see, I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those who live by what they believe, falsely, to be the truth.

Since my adaptation of Ian McEwan's 'Atonement,' I get sent a lot of novels that people think will work as movies. So every now and then I make a point of sitting down and reading a couple of them.

It's possible to disagree with someone about the ethics of non-violence without wanting to kick his face in.

I love films. If I'd known how to get into or do it from the word go, I would have done that.

If you take a really good book, then the potential is for a really good film. But you've got to get it right.