I'm not under too much of an illusion of how smart or un-smart I am because filmmaking ultimately is about teamwork.

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

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 got too fed up with films that didn't make you think. I liked the idea of one that you'd have to be dancing around with. I like my mind to be engaged when I watch a film.

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 got into film-making because I was interested in making entertaining movies, which I felt there was a lack of.