Every experience that you experience yourself you use, because that's our craft.

The need for a global structure of control in the form of a world environment court is now more urgent than ever before.

I'm always fearful. … Fear generates in you a huge energy. You can use it. When I feel that mounting fear, I think, 'Oh, yes, there it is!' It's like petrol.

Filming is completely - was totally new to me ... I had a movie career which wasn't supposed to be, so I couldn't be more thrilled. For those who work, parts seem to get more interesting.

I would hate people to think bossy is all I can do.

Most things don't work out as expected, but what happens instead often turns out to be the good stuff.

I feel with this film that as long as we tell Philomena's story and as long as we're true to her, which Jeff and Steve have already done by writing the story... we must not sell her short;. She's a most remarkable woman and all my concern was that we must be absolutely true to her story.