The last couple of years have been a write-off, though I'm beginning to feel like a person now. My energy is coming back.

I think he [Leonardo DiCaprio] is a terrific actor. And I've - I've been rooting and voting for him since "Gilbert Grape." I thought he was so amazing in that one. He was a young man, really very young boy.

Which is strange - I've always thought of myself as someone who writes out of difficulty. And I did do that, but I came out on the side of light more often than not.

I'm so moved to hear Celia Johnson again, so lovely.

The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.

There is a kind of invisible thread between the actor and the audience, and when it's there it's stunning, and there is nothing to match that.

If someone is going to talk about the process of making a film, it should be the director.