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 known for a while for doing very long takes, especially after Atonement.

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

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 don't ever want to go backwards, I quite like it. I like the freedom and I like the - What I set out to do was to make a big action-adventure movie that ticks all the boxes in terms of audience expectations and spectacle, and yet also make a very personal film and it feels like I've gotten away with that, I've managed that.

I wouldn't presume to know something, but I have lots to learn and that's what I attempt to do through my work.