I want to make films about the human condition, what we're doing to the world or ourselves.

Politics is very interesting and always leads to conflict.

Blade Runner appears regularly, two or three times a year in various shapes and forms of science fiction. It set the pace for what is essentially urban science fiction, urban future and it's why I've never re-visited that area because I feel I've done it.

And I maintain good relationships with all the studios so I've never been bullied into any cut, frankly.

You step forward and make it real for a start. You choose a sensible moment in history. Funnily enough, England was bankrupt and the moment is the death of Richard The Lionheart... Richard takes an arrow in the neck collecting a small debt from a small castle on his way home from the Crusades because he's penniless.

Yes, obviously, there's this degree of wanting people to accept other people faiths and philosophies.

A hit for me is if I enjoy the movie, if I personally enjoy the movie.