In far Eastern Russia, there's just some towns that time has forgotten. I guess they used to maybe be industrial or something that are now there's just lots of rusty hulks of buildings and a lot of people wandering around, a lot of alcoholism and violence because people have got nothing to do and no work. Yet people were very generous.

I want to wear skinny jeans when I'm in my 70s. Why not? Who cares?

I would encourage you as a screenwriter to trust your story and don't make notes for the actors or don't make notes for the reader.

I was with a friend of mine recently who was dying and while he was lying there with his family around his bed, I just knew that was it, that was the best you can hope for in life - to have your family and the people who love you around you at the end.

It's impossible to put your finger on what that is exactly other than protecting the environment that the actors get to find the scenes and build the scenes and invest in them. I think that's key and that's what I've learned from all the great directors I've worked with.

I'm not a superhero fan. I don't see those films. I'm not interested.

It's not my job to try and alter the director's style - he's in charge, and I'll always give him my trust.