I don't like the way some actors, when playing a nasty character, will try to grab hold of something good about them.

It's not so much that I want to direct but that I have to. When I write something it terrifies me that if I give it to someone else and it doesn't turn out as it could have done, I'd feel as if I'd orphaned my baby.

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

Life is much weirder than fiction; nothing's more absurd.

Truth is I don't think God on a daily basis. I think politics, science.

Watching people just look out for themselves, I think, is extremely interesting. It goes right back to something like 'The Beggar's Opera' - the underbelly of society, how it operates, and how that reflects their so-called betters.

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