There's no need there to sit with the filmmaker for 11 years to develop the script, or go round the world raising money.

Sexuality is, of course, a great way of having a conversation between people.

There's an alarm bell that goes off in my head if I can sense that I'm making a mistake.

We were very clear that this film's [Young Adam] so much about a relationship that's borne out through the sexual contact, and that that's the way they communicate.

We [ with Ewan McGregor] decided exactly what we would do at every moment, what the texture would be.

I was always, and I still am to a certain extent, one of those lazy people who spends a lot of time with Italian friends and yet constantly says I don't speak Italian. Things slow down when I start speaking Italian.

I follow my nose. It’s as simple as that.