I don't have any particular burning desire to go back to being cuddly. Not really.

But when you're a celebrity, you discover that you're no longer the pursuer, but the one being pursued. That's one of the disappointments I have had since becoming a single man.

I just don't believe in love at first sight any more, even though I've based my whole career on the concept.

And I particularly like the whole thing of being boss. Boss and employee... It's the slave quality that I find very alluring.

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.

I could do with more mobbing. Particularly from women. I'd like to be treated like Ricky Martin.

The moral of filmmaking in Britain is that you will be screwed by the weather.