Anyway, I'm doing my rave and this spittle comes out of my mouth and it winds its way very delicately through the wire fence that separates us and lands clear and bright on Denzel's lip. And we're at the beginning of the scene and I've got to do the rest of the scene, and the camera isn't on him, it's on me - and I'm fully aware that I've just spat on Denzel Washington!

I can rely on me [being a director], unlike some actors. I never got anything less than what I needed from the lead actor.

Like everyone else, I've had moments when I've felt that I've been losing my grip.

While I was trying to save money to go to the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Australia I ended up getting all of this experience which meant that by the time I had enough money in the bank to go to school I didn't really need to go to school anymore.

I think that if there are problems in journalism they're created by journalists... the trivialisation of the news and the sort of snyed, cynical allowance of untruth to be in a newspaper because it might be titillating.

You can't understand it until you experience the simple joy of the first time your son points at a seagull and says 'Duck!'

I read the bible often, not just to prepare for "Noah". I believe it is a very important book.