There are some people who walk into a room and they oxygenate it, by their very being there's fresh air. Then there are those who come in with the smell of death and they suck the life out.

The films that I really enjoy now are films that are made by, for wont of a better word, mavericks.

If I'm at home on my own and the writing isn't going well, I clean my house. And there have been times in the past few years when my house has looked really clean.

When things are really painful, I turn it into comedy.

There's no such thing as an actor giving positive criticism to a director. The minute you say 'Don't you think it would look nicer', that director's going to hate your guts. Particularly if it's a good idea.

A script is utterly useless in and of itself; it's only of any worth the minute your actors, your designers, your directors come into being.

Sometimes you have to confront your demons and sometimes even let them loose to genuinely find a place where you can gain some understanding.