Women are frightening. If you get to 41 as a man, you're quite battle-scarred.

The only reason my work seems to be eclectic up to a certain period is because I was a failure as an actor.

For any new technology there is always controversy and there always some fear associated with it. I think that's just the price of being first sometimes.

I think that's the whole point of Bridget Jones. It's all about that it's okay to fail.

The reason I turn down 99% of a hundred, I mean a thousand, scripts is because romantic comedies are often very romantic but seldom very funny.

Women are frightening. If you get to 41 as a man, you're quite battle-scarred.

Japanese women have always loved my films, even when no one else did. Ever since I made 'Maurice' in the 1980s, I've been getting hundreds of letter from Japanese girls. They definitely have a special place in my heart.