Ensure that your script is watertight. If it's not on the page, it will never magically appear on the screen.

Proving yourself in a field where the casualty rate is so notoriously high is an ongoing challenge.

When I came to England, the first director I met was Charles Sturridge, who told me, 'You speak like somebody out of the 1950s.

I am a very judgmental person. Of myself and other people. I recognise it's a great fault, but I have no power over that.

Time and time again I was told that I would never make the film on time and never make it on budget. That kind of criticism tends to turn me into a great big motor of efficiency.

I like fixing things.

If you're doing well, you're a target, nobody's interested in you except how you can be of use to them.