Many of the comedies I had made in Sweden were slightly based on semi-autobiographical experiences, so adapting novels was a very different experience.

I imagined that it might be awkward to talk to your wife about her performance, so going into it I was a little nervous. But doing it was actually a wonderfully inspiring experience.

I made all their videos, apart from the last two, so if you ever see an Abba video on TV then it’s my stuff.

I think I avoid stepping into sentimentality by trying to be as truthful as possible with performances.

My father would tell anyone who would listen that this dentist thing he was doing was not his passion; cinematography was.

I love involving actors at all levels - and they have to know that I want to hear their contributions, with dialogue, with story suggestions, with script changes, whatever.

I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much.