It's not easy to strap yourself down to a desk and bash on a keyboard when you know you can direct lots of films, because directing films is fun and interactive and gregarious. Writing isn't.

As I get more and more involved in the child's world with Rocco his son I'm getting interested in making a film for children.

Brad [Pitt], poor geezer, was blown up, thrown around, burned, slapped, frozen. But never a moan or a whine. Now that's what I call a real star.

It's still too early to say how my wife will influence my life. But I do already know that it's sometimes hard work living with her.

Jake Green isn't just Jake Green. Jake represents all of us. The colour green is the central column of the spectrum and the name Jake has all sorts of numerical values. All things come back to him within the film's world of cons and games.

I'd like to work with the missus, but there's nothing in the pipeline at the moment.

Other than the fact that I like a country house, I can't think of anything I'd want to spend my money on.