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

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 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.

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

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.

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.