I feel like Ive been engaged to the British Empire since 1980 and tonight you have given me the ring knighthood.

The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.

I felt like an alien. I always felt like I never belonged to any group that I wanted to belong to.

The world would be a poorer place without Doctor Who.

It is important to know who your friends are and to stay, remain loyal to your friends, despite what you hear, despite the mistakes that are made in friendships and misunderstandings that commonly occur, to be able to forgive and to move on, you have to be able to remember the values of friendship.

The Japanese had a very strong belief in Bushido, death before dishonour. They were fighting for their country; they were the aggressors in World War II.

When I was a kid, there was no collaboration; it's you with a camera bossing your friends around. But as an adult, filmmaking is all about appreciating the talents of the people you surround yourself with and knowing you could never have made any of these films by yourself.