Pride' is my first film with a happy ending. Before, I naively thought they were a cop-out, but now I've come to believe that happy endings and wish fulfilment are an incredibly important part of our cultural life.

I've been lucky over the past few years. Things have just happened for me.

Most of my choices come about through some kind of intuition or instinct, and if I need to, I'll post-rationalize them, intellectually, afterwards. But generally, they come about just by feeling.

3D doesn't work quite so well with quick cuts and I probably would have done some longer takes had I really taken that information onboard.

I was really excited to try 3D and play with it really, again, experiment formally with that extra dimension.

I see the job of directing as being one of creating the right atmosphere, creating an environment where people can realize their full potential.

I've been wanting for some time to find a way of stylizing cinema and trying to get closer to the emotional story I was telling and get rid of all the bumph that goes with it and allow the audience a more participatory experience. It was an attempt to do all of those things and to express the idea that all these people were just performing roles in their lives.