I'm not naive enough to pretend that on its own cinema can capture the very soul of significant social and cultural problems.

I've always sensed what a script should sound like - even before the movie's been made

If it's not true, don't say it; if it's not right, don't do it.

The most important thing I think teachers can do for young people is to make them inquiring, is to ensure that they know how to gather information, that they check information and they take their information from a multiplicity of sources.

My belief is that no movie, nothing in life, leaves people neutral. You either leave them up or you leave them down.

I'm not naive enough to pretend that on its own cinema can capture the very soul of significant social and cultural problems.

Film and the other creative industries are being transformed by digital technologies.