I think when you're trying to produce a relationship on screen that doesn't actually exist, perhaps sometimes there's a temptation to look at each other more, to touch each other more...

It's weird, because usually if you're British and you go to America you play baddies; but I play naughty people here and goodies in America.

I wanted to know as the director how the actors wanted to tell this story I wanted to know what they thought.

I have no interest in movies that take you somewhere dark and leave you there, for no reason.

Actors can be many things - vain, venal, self-serving, obnoxious, bullies - but all of the good ones are great storytellers. I wanted to watch what my actors were doing and how they were telling the story.

So the actual privilege is that you can then take time off - and if you don't, you're a fool. You're earning all this money to support children whom you then don't see, which is absurd.

In a world of increasing grey areas, we are becoming more and more entrenched in black and white positions.