Theres a certain truth that you do end up making the same film again and again so if you vary the genre you have a chance of breaking that cycle.

Actors are steeped in a world of agents and where the next job is coming from and what are their expenses and what is the hotel like. You want to take them out of that world and dump them into another world, so that when you meet them on the screen they don't seem like the guy who was in two others movies that year.

I have this theory that your first film is always your best film in some way. I always try to get back to that moment when you're not relying on things you've done before.

Film industry is a pretty brutal business. If you fall too far behind, all of the perfectionism in the world won't save you.

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.

Brian Cox is the nicest guy, but he's so arrogant.

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