After Lock, Stock, all these really nasty small town characters came knocking at my door trying to tell me stories, and somehow I ended up with this guy whose brother was feeding people to pigs, and that's what he did to get rid of people.

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

I suppose directing on set is the most fun because it's a good crack and you feel you're on the battlefield whereas writing is a fairly solitary undertaking.

The English countryside is the most staggeringly beautiful place. I can't spend as much time there as I like, but I like everything about it. I like fishing, I like clay- pigeon shooting.

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

I love fatherhood. I could bang on about kids forever.

Sugar is responsible for a lot of deaths. Arguably more than crack cocaine.