I do not have a brain that I long for in dealing with matters of which I am ignorant, that don't come within my ken and a rationale, a reason, and argument and so on, and I can't do that and I'm not in that bracket at all.

I believe in trade unionism, and I believe in democracy, in democratic trade unionism.

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

I'm a passionate trade unionist.

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.

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."

I passionately believe in heroes, but I think the world has changed its criteria in determining who it describes as a hero.