I respect the British a lot - their history, their past, their culture. I think it's beautiful, what they have with the monarchy.

I'm from the 'less is more' school. I had to be in the 'more is more' zone with 'Dallas Buyers Club', so I was out of my comfort zone, but I had to trust that.

In a career, when you hit 40 and you've done a lot of this and that, you want to try some new things. I feel like that as a director, too, from one film to the other.

I love those films where I feel the director's confidence - where he doesn't need to overdo it with the shots and the cuts.

Just film what's there, trust what came before, one hour before, and make it easy.

I'm always aiming for some magic in films if I can find a mystical quality either in a song or in a moment or a character's intention.

You've got to trust your instincts, your judgment and trust the storytelling that came before and the quality of the acting with the emotion.