My father was 65 when I was born so we didn't have much time together.

Modern, not bottom-dwelling literature like a carp.

I'm quite spontaneous in my decisions often. Your career is kind of what happens whilst you're busy developing other screenplays, and so it came out of the blue.

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.

I think Pan is a superhero movie; I mean, the kid flies in the end.

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

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