There is absolutely, 100 percent, a light at the end of the tunnel for anyone who stutters.

It just proves good movies don't need 100 million dollars to be good.

The more we mask ourselves, the freer we're able to be within ourselves.

You feel very much like a puppet, but it had been what I was accustomed to - so you just get on with it and try to find something that rings true.

It's sort of a meat market, the whole awards thing, and I don't think you can predict it anymore - who's going to like what you've done, if it's worthy or not. And hopefully, that's not why you make a film, because if you're distracted by that, or only striving for that, you don't do it justice.

Americans are a lot more open, of course. There's something more declamatory in the way you express emotions. It's a stereotype but it's true. British people can appear repressed in expressing emotions. Not very good at self-evaluating, or affirming situations, touching, anything like that.

After this interview, I'm going to immigration to try to sort out my Green Card, just like any other normal person.