Film has become such a central part of our culture now that I think sometimes too great a weight is placed upon it in terms of scrutiny and analysis. There's a lot of rather specious professorial stuff that swirls around films.

Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is not an easy thing

God knows, I haven't always been successful.

I find it difficult to be in rooms now for long periods of time. I can usually take it for about an hour. Then I stride out.

I don't feel my son should pay the price for what I do.

I am more greatly moved by people who struggle to express themselves...I prefer the abstract concept of incoherence in the face of great feeling to beautiful, full sentences that convey little emotion.

For as long as I can remember, the thing that gave me a sense of wonderment and renewal... has always been the work of other actors.