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

Confidence is essential, but ego is not.

Truly great actors carry their characters in silence with them. They communicate without words the relationships that predate the movie.

If you're doing a classic play, where if you do a Chekhov, you do the words as written. You can't do that with a novel; you have to do your version of the words as written.

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.

The joy of a road movie is its very simple narrative nature, which is that you know you're going to go through different places and you're going to meet new people. At the same time, you have to not make it feel too obvious and too crudely episodic.

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