There's one thing better than having a great actor, and that's having a great actor who's never done this kind of role before and is hungry to do it. They're testing themselves every day. They want to get out of their trailer and get to work.

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.

Kevin and Annette... I wanted them to do it together. They clearly wanted to work with each other.

Thank God I don't live in Los Angeles. I think if you're there the whole time it just gets out of proportion and you lose touch completely with reality.

I feel like the American years were my apprenticeship for doing a Bond movie.

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

Now Im back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that.