My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.

The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.

Money is really only important if you don't have any.

I don't think I've mastered anything. I'm still wrestling with the same frustrations, the same issues, the same problems as I always did. That's what life is like.

Bikes and planes aren’t about going fast or having fun; they’re toys, but serious ones.

I don't think nostalgia is very useful to me. There is a story to be told, there's behaviour to create or to bring to the screen that will help tell that story, and nostalgia is just not really a big part of my emotional package.

It's important not to base your ambition on anybody else's history, but to figure out how best to use your own particular personality and understanding of yourself to help tell other people's stories.