A studio allows me more freedom. You can create your own sort of reality which is actually more exciting than shooting on location. You can conjure up a complete atmosphere of escapism for the public.

I have never been sorry to see my sets being struck, provided they are well photographed. They're not works of art but part of making a film.

Remember, the early '60s in London was something - which must have been like Berlin in the '30s when the arts flourished. You didn't have the differences in class, and so on.

What I felt at that time - we're talking about '61 - was that I couldn't remember seeing a film that reflected the age we were living in.

I always wanted to design for films.

With Kubrick and most film directors, they are in complete control, but one can influence them.

My house is not James Bondish at all. Sorry.