Now, anybody can make a movie, and I don't see that many great movies, because I think there's only a limited amount of talent out there.

Once the voices are in your head, it's either make a movie or kill a lot of people.

Invariably, what I'm trying to do is more ambitious than the budget, but we manage to do it somehow.

There are moments when television systems are young and haven't formed properly, and there's room for lots of original stuff. Then things become more and more top-heavy with executives who are trying to guarantee the success of things.

Because I dislike being quoted I lie almost constantly when talking about my work.

In advertising, I was frustrated by having to deal with the client. It was the only time I really worked in a proper office, and I didn't like it-simple as that.

Port Talbot is a steel town, where everything is covered with gray iron ore dust. Even the beach is completely littered with dust, it's just black. The sun was setting, and it was quite beautiful. The contrast was extraordinary, I had this image of a guy sitting there on this dingy beach with a portable radio, tuning in these strange Latin escapist songs like 'Brazil.' The music transported him somehow and made his world less gray.