Audiences arent fools - their judgement really is important. And the true heroes of films are the investors. They take the risk, after all.

Audiences arent fools - their judgement really is important. And the true heroes of films are the investors. They take the risk, after all.

As a director, my job is to protect. I protect scripts, actors, cameramen, designers.

It never crossed my mind to make a film about Muhammad Ali or the Queen or any of them! They just come out of the blue.

The only way you can learn about making films is by making them, by putting your stamp on the thing.

I basically just make films that interest me. And I don't want to make the same film twice, you know? But I've never found a franchise, so... I guess I'm lot poorer because of that, but... what astonishes me is that, at my age, I can still find things that interest me. And that's tremendous.

To be successful at anything, you need the right to fail, not just occasionally.