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.

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 got to work with my wife, Lena Olin, for the first time, which was great. I thought it might be difficult in some way to talk to one's wife in a different way but it was so not forced.

My key interest in choosing scripts is character-driven stories, because there are so many stories that sacrifice character for plot.

But now I wish I could back to Stockholm to make international films there.

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.

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