Even when a film is finished, when I direct a film, sometimes it's a dark profession, but it requires a peculiar form of courage that I admire.

It's quite hard for people to just accept that they're very contradictory.

The elasticity of Shakespeare is extraordinary.

I've heard from quite a few people, you sense that there is an ownership of the [ Cinderella], it was so personal for so many people, so I was interested in trying to work out why that was.

Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.

I don't feel one could even remotely touch the idea of intimidating others, but because I've understood the other side of the experience, I will occasionally, if I smell that could even be in the air for a few minutes, say to the director, "Please, you must tell me anything you want. Please say all the things you think might be terribly hurtful like, 'That was boring.'"

In the hands of a great poet, words have ways of affecting us in ways we don't understand.