Casting is so important, with any film you do. You have to get actors that you believe will fulfill the promise of the characters that are on the page.

And usually the studios they don't want you to have credit for your movies because they want to take credit for the movies because if you get credit for your movies they've got to pay you more.

I like to make pictures about people who make a difference.

I make movies based on gut.

Sophie [Kinsella]'s writing just captivated me. We bought this eight years ago, before it became an international success and was only one book. Now there's five. So, we were very fortunate to latch onto a character who has since become an international success both as a novel and hopefully now as a movie.

You put faith in people sometimes that can't deliver for you. And those are mistakes and you have to... don't work with them again. It's pretty easy.

You can't be afraid of hard work or long hours. Sacrifice is important.