Actors want to impress at the beginning, so you take advantage of that by suddenly saying, 'Right, you're here for two weeks.' What you're doing is creating a siege mentality.

The individual will to survive is often seen as just that, an individual thing. In fact, it's sort of a gene we all carry and like a network of computers it all contributes in some way to when it's individually needed.

I'm a big sports fan. Football. Cricket.

I say to first time filmmakers that when they're asked, they should go to America as you're far more likely to get a chance.

What you do is take the power [popularity] gives you - which is very temporary and minor but significant - and use it. The danger is that you use it on a vanity project that no one wants to watch.

I learned with 'The Beach' that I'm a bit better lower down the radar.

I've always wanted to do a space movie.