I'm rather shocked by what I thought was simple mindedness actually. I thought they're not looking, they're not actually looking.

All film directors, even the ones using 3-D today, want you to look at what they chose.

I think we're in a very exciting time - visually, I think we are. I've not got a crystal ball. I'm not saying I know what the future is at all. In some ways I'm getting quite pessimistic about the future, but in other ways I think it might get better. We are moving into very big changes.

I worked in the NHS as a hospital orderly during my national service, and people thought it was a noble service. But over the years it's lost its humanity.

The camera can't see space. It sees surfaces. People see space, which is much more interesting.

It takes a long time to make it simple.

It's very British to go about to see something unusual and paint it.