It always seems that the generation below you is getting worse, which is why I had the worst character in the film Adulthood that said it. I don't remember speaking to my elders like that, because you never remember... actually our generation was quite bad because everyone else always seems worse.

Bullying isn't about size, it's about intimidation.

I don't like doing things that are too easy.

Generally, an indie film in the U.K. is put together much like in the states. We got a tax credit. You sell the domestic rights, which can be quite low, but it's enough to push you over the line. And you get a tax credit on top of that, and then you cobble it together with private equity or gap financing and things like that.

I'm just who I am. I don't try to change myself for other people.

I think it's important that we have a new batch of British film-makers that aren't doing the same old stuff. And that includes me.

I allowed the actors to have freedom and sometimes change words if they needed to or thought that another word was more current.