I'm a big sports fan. Football. Cricket.

Its easy to like the most popular films, but I have a great fondness for A Life Less Ordinary.

I dont see much difference between it and the other films though I can see on a rational and intelligent level there is a big difference.

I like to hide behind my intellect. But the truth is, unless all of us start getting honest about what the reality is, things aren't going to change. If we all keep pretending that we know stuff and if everyone else would do what we knew and everything would be a better place, then nothing is going to change.

Always changing genres, making very different films is a good idea. It's a way of making yourself feel vulnerable again, getting back to that innocence. As is working within a circumspect budget.

I say to first time filmmakers that when they're asked, they should go to America as you're far more likely to get a chance.

Your first film is always your best film, in a way. There's something about your first film that you never ever get back to, but you should always try. It's that slight sense of not knowing what you're doing, because the technical skills you learn - especially if you have a film that works, that has some kind of success - are beguiling. The temptation is to use them again, and they're not necessarily good storytelling techniques.