I think it's always a challenge to adapt something from one medium to another - a novel into a film or a play into a movie or whatever.

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

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

You see, in America, it's quite standard for an actor to sign, at the beginning of a series, for five or seven years. The maximum any British agent will allow you to have over an actor is three years.

Plenty of friendships are sustainable through dinners and lunches, but will not stand a week away. So be careful with whom you go on holiday.

I think it's always a challenge to adapt something from one medium to another - a novel into a film or a play into a movie or whatever.

Life is a game in which the player must appear ridiculous.