A Golden Globe is a mood-altering substance, there's no doubt about that.

We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama.

I think a big part of our attraction to sport movies are the stories contained within the sports.

I found it an interesting portrait of a marriage in exploring notions of how one partner supports the other, whilst not jeopardizing the greater good - which is the family.

The filmmaker's got to make it his story and the actors have got to make it their story.

Why movies are so powerful is because you are right in there and you stay in there until they want you to come out, and then you've really gone somewhere.

I'm developing some screenplays at the moment with my Australian producer.