I find it ironic that happy endings now are called fairytale endings because there's nothing happy about most fairytale endings.

Fairy tales to me are never happy, sweet stories. They're moral stories about overcoming the dark side and the bad.

I find it ironic that happy endings now are called fairytale endings because there's nothing happy about most fairytale endings.

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 think maybe I might tackle something that doesn't reach down to a very, very young audience, like more of a kind of teenager and upwards.

Generally, I've never known quite how to fit in in civilian life, but on set, making a film, I know exactly where to go, how to behave and how I fit.

I don't make a division between an art film and commercial art.