There is nothing more beautiful than finding your course as you believe you bob aimlessly in the current. And wouldn't you know that your path was there all along, waiting for you to knock, waiting for you to become. This path does not belong to your parents, your teachers, your leaders, or your lovers. Your path is your character defining itself more and more every day.

I prefer to commit 100 per cent to a movie and make fewer films, because it takes over your life.

I saw leaving college as an opportunity to do something different with my life. I always thought that becoming an academic was going to be my path.

Interestingly, when you do films, sometimes you have conscious reasons, things that you were looking for, or stuff that you were trying to do. And then, you see the film and you think, "Wow, it ended up being something totally different!"

It's a skill that people are born with. Either you're a focuser or you're a multitasky person. I am a full-focus person.

People are always surprised when I say that I'm an atheist.

I've got that Irish thing going on. Lots of Irish in my background.