I wanted to dismantle the bollocks that there's a military structure to a gang, with a leader, second leader, the good looking one, first babe, second babe. It's far more arbitrary than that and their values shouldn't be romanticised. They aren't something you want to sign up to.

I wanted to dismantle the bollocks that there's a military structure to a gang, with a leader, second leader, the good looking one, first babe, second babe. It's far more arbitrary than that and their values shouldn't be romanticised. They aren't something you want to sign up to.

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

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

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

In bringing the subject of religious oppression to a wider audience, I didn't just want to kick the Catholic Church but to poke a finger in the throat of theocracy and to let it be known that people shouldn't tolerate this anymore.

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