My films do have characters who have trouble escaping the world around them.

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 really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.

It was important on The Shipping News to have my house far enough away from each location so I had this time in the morning to think about my shots and still remain open to surprises once I got to the set.

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 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.

[Depp] has real ambitions, but he is deeply afraid of being considered pretentious.