Before I go off and direct a movie, I always look at four films. They tend to be The Seven Samurai, Lawrence Of Arabia, It's A Wonderful Life and The Searchers.

Am I allowed to say I really wanted this? This is fantastic.

I think that the perceived downs in my own career come from just managing my time and not feeling that I have enough time for my family or my friends. You could put that in the personal life category but it's all one category because I've got to balance my family.

It all starts with the script: it's not worth taking myself away from my family if I don't have something I'm really passionate about.

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

I had to get over my fear of running through the world naked and learn to say 'take me or leave me.'

I committed to directing 'Catch Me If You Can' not because of the divorce component, but principally because Frank Abagnale did things that were the most astonishing scams I had ever heard.