I always want my options to be open.

I find sometimes that if you do too many takes, it starts to become meaningless to me. It is hard to sustain it for me. I don't want to do too many.

When you are shooting action, there is a satisfying thing because your objectives are very clear.

Very often on films, even without a producer credit, I'll be involved, very early on. I want to be there as the thing is taking shape.

The financial implode is bound to be reflected in the movies that are being made, there's no question.

I think it's dangerous to get into ideas of planning careers.

I'm English and I'm used to coming from a world of period dramas, where there's a very polite restraint to everything. Everybody's sort of sitting in drawing rooms.