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.

After Frankenstein, I feel as if I want to make a film about somebody having a nice cup of tea.

As soon as someone I don’t respect tells me I can’t do something, it just makes me want to do it even more.

I wanted to have a place and a space, and a building, in which to create a season of work I am here because the idea of a theatrical home is very appealing to me

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.

Don’t stand up when you can sit down and don’t sit down when you can lie down.

If you've done a brilliant version it becomes something else.