Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.
I only really cast people who are desperate to be in it - who were dying to be in it, whose talent I believed in and were dead ready to do the work that was necessary.
If you've done a brilliant version it becomes something else.
I certainly have been guilty of trying to sweep things under the carpet.
The elasticity of Shakespeare is extraordinary.
I think that a lot of exciting elements are finding a place where a film is happily, truly about something.