There's a difference between watching a film and watching a bit of cinema and enjoying a film as a piece of cinema.

If you think about America, it is about getting your backpack on and heading out.

The zeitgeist is ever-changing. If you try second guess what people want, you'll miss it.

Someone once pulled me aside and said it was all right to succeed, and I realised that I knew what failure felt like, but I didn't know what success felt like. I've carried that with me ever since.

God's greatest tragedy is the creation of mankind.

I don't describe myself as a sociable person now. I can be quite... you know... grumpy? Is that a word? I guess I can be a bit grumpy.

In 1994 while on weekend manoeuvres in France, I commandeered a Chieftain tank without permission of my immediate superiors. I then attempted to invade Paris. However, en route I stopped off at Disneyland, or Eurodisney as it was then called, and was subsequently apprehended on Space Mountain.