I'm still very affected and moved by their music - maybe in a way that's different from someone who grew up around it.

Everything is the director's fault - you can quote me on that. There are no excuses.

I'm not a snob. If I feel like there's a star that's the best person for that role, then that's who I get.

My father, who was the one who really got me hooked on movies, liked all kinds of films, and I saw all kinds of films at a very young age.

You can't get good at anything unless you do it day in and day out, over and over.

The best set was probably 'Bloody Sunday.' We had no money for extras and gambled on months of outreach to persuade the people of Derry to turn out and march for us on one single afternoon. And they did. In their tens of thousands. Seeing them march, their patience and their dignity and their commitment, I knew the movie would have a quality of truth.

When things go right it's hard to figure out why, but when things go wrong it's really easy.