People tend to view history as if it were another planet and think the modern world was invented in 1963. I don't agree.

The business of life is learning that you can't lay down the terms.

Every writer has to make an emotional journey from artist sitting in attic to being part of a business. The writer of a film is like Tinkerbell. You are only there because people believe in you. The moment they dont, because youre a pain the arse, youve lost.

A lot of actors find it impossible not to ask for the audience's sympathy. They have a need to twinkle.

We are usually undone by our lack of understanding of ourselves.

I just don't believe in generalisations.

Sometimes the weekend gets hijacked by work, but as my mother would say, this is the right problem.