One of the things that's good for me is that I can go from one art form to another.

I was always very curious about other people. I would always stare and my mother would say - just please close your mouth!

It is really hard when the actor you pictured can't do the film.

Deirdre Maddon has an extraordinary, almost celestial way of telling a story. There are so many great writers now - although I also want to go back and read all of Dickens again.

I think it's very important to keep being frightened - if you're not frightening yourself, you should take a break. You need to keep experimenting. You also need to take time - that's how you do good stuff - layering and depth of knowledge.

I have a great drive to make things and sometimes I forget to slow down a little.

I saw Dolce Vita and my mind was blown by it, by the synthesis. I realised I wanted to be a filmmaker and started making films. I was writing screenplays and couldn't get money because my work was so uncommercial.