For me, certain shots or scenes are keys in the movie.

You freeze with the number of opportunities given to you and just decide to do nothing at all.

Directing Skyfall was one of the best experiences of my professional life, but I have theatre and other commitments, including productions of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and King Lear, that need my complete focus over the next year and beyond.

All I know is that I operate by going out to each of them and trying to learn the territory in which they operate. My language to each of them has to suit their brain.

I've directed bits of action and so I know that it's long and it's very detailed. Editing action is a good deal more exciting than shooting action. Shooting action is very, very meticulous, it's increments, tiny little pieces.

Confidence is essential, but ego is not.

The movies that influenced me were movies that told their stories through pictures more than words.