Nowadays the big Hollywood studios only make about three movies a year, and they cost about $200 million each. There's no room for error in that, and not a lot of room, I would think, for free expression.

I sometimes worry that all the beautiful things have been made.

I've got two young kids. I don't know what the future holds.

When you are new to the business, you think if you give a really bad performance, that's one they will print. You will be judged. You just have to be brave.

If you've got a huge Hollywood star in your film, they're getting $32 million, and everyone else gets their bus fare.

It's hell with that big beard and stuff. That's the one bit I don't like. Either you take out at lunch or you don't eat. So I opted not to eat, 'cause having to put it on twice is horrific.

That's the trouble with anything which essentially has a lot of bits that are physically impossible: You're left, stuck, in the studio. And that's a shame. You're making a movie. You don't want it to stay put, you want it to be a movie - to move.