In Hollywood films everything is tidied up at the end with clean lines and clean character definitions. It's sort of unsatisfying.

When you research someone, you actually get beyond your own preconceptions and become aware of the human being other than the image. You become empathetic and sympathetic in turn.

You can't be angsty all day or else it becomes a sort of pale angst.

I like being able to go to the supermarket and go on the Tube and have an ordinary domestic life. I'd hate to have to protect myself. I'm quite lucky that I can carry on without any intrusions. I don't get given a hard time by anyone.

To do a blockbuster that isn't stressful is a delight.

The films I enjoy seeing are those that reveal lives I was unaware of... in different cultures or whatever.

The world would be a duller place without Moulin Rouge.