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

I don't think good and evil are polarized.

Every Bond is different and every generation needs a different Bond and it's been able to move with the times.

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.

I deliberately, in a way, went for something that was a huge challenge and was a big period film. I was excited about the canvas on which I could tell the story as much as the story itself.

I wanted to keep exploring... I'm not about to choose a series of movies in which I can use the same bag of tricks and style that I used in the first film.

I want to try and work in different genres with different types of actors, on small movies and big movies.