The awards season gives a chance for independent films to have a bit of longevity in the press and the media.

The sun is the most important thing in everybody's life, whether you're a plant, an animal or a fish, and we take it for granted.

The individual will to survive is often seen as just that, an individual thing. In fact, it's sort of a gene we all carry and like a network of computers it all contributes in some way to when it's individually needed.

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.

It's a nice way to put the focus back on this simple act... if someone creates you.

There's lots of things that can be solved with cash. And there's occasional things that can't be solved with cash, which become a bureaucratic nightmare for some reason, and there's no distinction between the two. There's no way of reading a situation and saying, "Yes, that'll be a bureaucratic nightmare, but that one we'll be able to buy off." It just depends on the day, apparently.

I'd love to do a cop film in America. That's a genre I absolutely adore.