The good thing from my perspective is that nobody puts any pressure on me to say what it's going to be. The backers accept that they don't know what they are going to get.

Resolve was never stronger than in the morning, after the night, when it was never weaker

The reason my films work is because every actor on set is very secure. They're able to fly.

My work requires acting at its most committed - it demands actors of enormous resilience, but also intelligence and wit. It doesn't work for narcissistic or selfish actors.

I'm developing the stuff all the time. There's a film in my head. I'm imagining a film.

Some deeply untrusting actors - the kind that need to know exactly what's what and are completely insecure - might be quite good within the parameters of a certain sort of acting.

I am very happy to be part of European and world cinema as a British filmmaker.