I'm from the same planet as David Bowie.

I would say, and this sounds like a rather immodest thing to say, but the truth is it's probably the most amazing thing of all, it's pretty much exactly what I thought we were going to make, what I hoped we'd make.

I think that film festivals, we're very often given to understand, are about filmmakers and about films and about the industry of filmmaking. I don't believe that they are, I believe that film festivals are about film audiences, and about giving an audience the encouragement to feel really empowered and to stretch the elastic of their taste.

I have this very strange relationship with my work, which is that it's like a conversation between me and it.

Well the truth is, everybody, when they die, leaves a void that cannot be filled.

I remember noticing, when I had my babies, how much I liked them, and not just loved them, but I was really into them. I knew I was going to be curious about them, and up for the mayhem ahead.

The last time I did anything like this [special powers] was with the Narnia film with two swords, the same but different.