I like L.A., but I think whats changed is that the kinds of films I do, the mid-range dramatic film, has become an endangered species.

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

I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.

If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby American girls turn into American women.

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

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

You know very well that unless you're a scientist, it's much more important for a theory to be shapely, than for it to be true.