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

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

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 sort of escaped my background, as people often do, through art and culture.

I'm not a 'Star Wars' geek.

I don't want to make pompous, serious films; I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them.

Everybody expects you to be qualified to talk about your films, but in a way, you're the least qualified person to talk about them. When you're finished, you don't watch them at all.