We've always been involved with America - I have a son who lives there and it's a big part of my life.

Looking in the mirror, staring back at me isn't so much a face as the expression of a predicament.

I don't know if there's a problem with original ideas... I think a healthy film industry should have a good supply of good, original writing.

It's entirely to do with personality, I think. There are good directors who talk a lot, bad directors who talk a lot, and good directors who don't say much and vice-versa. It just depends on whether people respond to that personality and whether people have a willingness to do something for them.

I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions... the Jewish, Italian, and Irish humor of the East Coast.

It does help to actually realize that however stunning the person who is, you know, fluttering eyelashes at you, she doesn't do anything to match up to your wife.

To be bothered wherever you go - it's not a rational thing to want at all.