I'm always after putting people in extreme circumstances. I'm always after not knowing what I'm doing in those extreme circumstances.

I always felt it is not good if you feel like you would know how to do something. I've made mistakes of telling people: I know how to do this. And it should feel dangerous. That is the only way to stay alert, to keep the adrenaline running.

I've just been to the Taj Mahal which I'd never been to and I'm not a very romantic kind of guy but it is the most romantic thing I've ever seen.

I don't want to make pompous, serious films.

I always say to anybody who's going over to America for the first time, 'Whatever you do, go and see a popular mainstream film with a big audience.' Because people shout out. You never get that in Britain. Everybody's so quiet, scared to laugh. It's like being in church.

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

I was brought up a very strict Catholic and I don't practice anymore or anything.