You finish a movie and you think, there, you've done it, really well, or best you can. But if you watch it, you see it was just bollocks.

I am drawn to writing and directing as it is most like the feeling I had when I was a teenager with my puppet theatre. You are more in control of everything and involved in every aspect of production, so more challenged and fulfilled.

I place an enormous premium on loyalty. If someone betrays me, I can forgive them rationally, but emotionally I have found it impossible to do so.

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

Always have an answer - even if you change your mind five minutes later.

I like fixing things.

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