I kind of call myself an atheist, I suppose - although quite a spiritual atheist, I hope.

Originally I'm a big pop-music aficionado, that's my love.

Directing is a mixture of compromise and perfectionism. When you lose the judgment of which is more important at any particular moment, you're time is over. They find you out and send you packing.

I grew up in a city, I'm a city person - I go on holiday and I'm bored.

You can do anything you like - really - but this Sci-Fi is absolutely disciplined, it's Zen, you have to be absolutely focused in an area. You have to zone into an area and you then you can achieve when you get there. It's really weird!

I don't want people to sit there and objectively watch the film. I want them to experience it as something that's under their skin, so you try to make the films really tactile.

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