I just want the actors to put their faith in the language. Just let the words do the work.

We know so little of the why, what the universe is, what infinity is. The veil around us is very fragile.

The young person isn't certain that love can be real; the middle-aged man is only discovering that it is; and the older person seems so sure of it. I was interested in the way that many of us go through the whole of our lives staying with someone just out of complacency, because leaving isn't easy.

I just want the actors to put their faith in the language. Just let the words do the work.

I love stories that frame that: This is what life is about - you don't have a clue.

We're all ordinary in a way. We can all be hurt. We can all be unbalanced. We all have feelings. Life can treat us harshly, even shockingly sometimes.

When people are out of their comfort zone, it’s more dramatic, more prone to have more entertaining experiences, get into fights. That’s the dramatic instinct, to move people out of what they know and make them deal with it.