I think that a real film fan experience is about a kind of omnivorous experience.

What very often happens when people make films about rich people, the camera is quite mesmerised by the opulence and quite theatrical in fact.

Archetypes are always [in my film-making]. It's sometimes interesting to just flip them a little bit and see the underside.

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

How do we identify ourselves, and how do we settle into other people's expectations for our identity?

It was just me, naked as underneath my clothes right now, as all of you are.

I have no problems with the NC-17 rating. I want more NC-17 films. More adult cinema!