I don't think anyone expected me to get the BAFTA. The bookies didn't have me down. It's definitely made a huge difference in my career, but I don't dwell on it.
Noel ClarkeI allowed the actors to have freedom and sometimes change words if they needed to or thought that another word was more current.
Noel ClarkeAll the young people grow up too fast and want to be able to do this, or that. When you get to the older age and you have a mortgage, bills, this and that you think: "If I had done that differently when I was younger, then I wouldn't be in this situation now."
Noel ClarkeI couldn't tell you the ratio, but probably for every job you see me do, there would be 20 rejections.
Noel ClarkeAs a man - no longer a teenager that can play those really young roles, but as a man - I think I've only just got good in the last three or four years. I only watch my old films because, as someone who wasn't trained, that's how I look at my mistakes; I see something and I go, "Well, that's not good," and I learn from my mistakes. Same with the writing and same with the directing.
Noel Clarke