In our house we say 'adolescence' is a western word. We don't believe in it.

They say now in America that final cut doesn't mean anything. As Harvey Weinstein said to some film-maker, 'You can have final cut. I'll open your film in Arkansas.'

I want to question what the outside is and who defines it. I often find those that are considered to be on the outside extremely inspiring.

Creative freedom is an imperative for me, but it doesn't really exist in a Hollywood game.

If we don't tell our own stories, no one else will.

It took me three years to learn to dress in the American way, especially in winter. That was just like me. I barely wear socks even now.

I know what it's like to be in one place and dream of another. I also know what it's like to feel that nostalgia is a fairly useless thing because it is stasis.