You tend to get a script and you push it toward being the kind of film you want to make.

I don't want people to pigeonhole me.

I collect postage stamps. That's the only thing I can afford to collect! I hope in five years' time to say, "Yes, I specialize in Gustav Dore first editions."

I saw an awful lot of actresses, and some of them, you thought should be hospitalized. [They] should certainly eat a hamburger, for godsake.

My most famous drama in England is quite controversial. It's something called Men Only, and it's rather a shocking exploration of male sexuality.

I wanted to actually make people look at a painting. We don't look at paintings that much. We glance at them.

I think there's a real problem if you're making a film - some people have done whether it be about Jackson Pollock or about Picasso - it's difficult for actors, because they have to impersonate a person whose image is very strong in our memories or in our consciousness. It's something that's very tricky, I think.