Well, you cannot think of cinema now, and you cannot think of cinema in the UK and not place Chaplin in the most extraordinary elevated context, if there can be such a thing, in that he was a genius, he was unique.

I want to be remembered as a storyteller.

I believe we need heroes...we need certain people who we can measure our own shortcomings by.

I do care about style. I do care, but I only care about style that serves the subject.

I was on my own union council for twenty-odd years.

Art is not an elitist gift for a few select people. Art is for everyone.

If you are directing, you have the opportunity to put your signature on the bottom of the frame. You have the opportunity to say, "This is what I believe. That is my credo. That is what I wish to state."