You never know people, do you? You can work with 'em for twenty years; you don't know 'em at all.

My parents came from different backgrounds. My father's was grander than my mother's, so my mother had... to put up with the disapproval of my father's relations.

You never know people, do you? You can work with 'em for twenty years; you don't know 'em at all.

For most directors, the scriptwriter is about as welcome on set as a member of the Taliban.

To me, all success is a delightful surprise, since one can absolutely never predict it.

When people are feeling insecure about their jobs and there are cuts to be made, it's hard to put up an argument that the film industry needs funding.

What's difficult for American audiences is that they're used to a system here where you can get an actor for five years or even seven, and that is signed for at the audition. Whereas in England, no agent will give you an actor for more than three years.