I regard myself as being the final filter so everything that ends up in the movie is there because it's something that I think was cool.

He who must search a haystack for a needle is likely to end up with the attitude that the needle is not worth the search.

The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking.

I think that's the job of a director really, to sort of funnel all the creativity into one centralized point of being.

And so I look back on not just the last ten years but everything that I've done as being sort of an ongoing growing continual film school. I mean I don't think I've got to a point where I've achieved anything that feels like, a particular milestone, but there's still a lot more to learn and hopefully a lot more films to make.

I mean, I didn't have a huge upbringing with movies, I guess.

When I start a film, I can sort of shut my eyes, sit somewhere quiet and imagine the movie finished. I can imagine the camera angles, I can even imagine the type of music. Without knowing the tune, I can imagine the type of music it needs to be.