It could be a stupid thing to say, but people should realize that it is easy to get concerned about yourself and to lose contact.

With TV, the most important thing is just to get people to turn it on.

I think you go through a period as a teenager of being quite cool and unaffected by things.

You do remember things that people say in movies. You remember particular lines and things that are funny. But, you also remember really strong images. Images have a way of bypassing your brain and hitting you emotionally. There are so many things from movies that are remembered, that are just looks on people's faces or incredible vistas or beautiful pictures. That is a very important part of cinema.

I like working intensely, then going away and thinking about it, working out why it didn't work and then coming back to it. It makes the work richer, I think.

It could be a stupid thing to say, but people should realize that it is easy to get concerned about yourself and to lose contact.

Around the time of 'The Lord of the Rings,' it was a shock to me just how big it is to be on that kind of media juggernaut. It was a big thing and the scrutiny was shocking.