Confidence is essential, but ego is not.

You just never know when movies are going to take off or not. The lucky thing about this was that it didn't cost a lot of money, and therefore there wasn't loads of pressure on me.

As a first-time director in America, I feel I've been very fortunate.

The perceived wisdom is that people do not go in large numbers to black-and-white movies anymore - which is a great shame, but I'd love to make a black-and-white movie one day.

You're in the lap of the gods. If people go, they go, and if they don't.

I've made movies that cost less than one car chase. But that's part of the pleasure of doing it, pushing yourself in new directions.

I want to inspire, and be inspired.