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.

One of Dickens' biggest influences was the growth of London as a Victorian city, and the extremes being created as it expanded.

I want people to leave the cinema feeling that something's been confirmed for them about life.

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

For us, destiny always feels... if you obey, it's almost a passive thing.

I always think, when there's stuff that people don't like, I always say that if I have another success, I'll enjoy it more, but you don't really.

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.