I made The War Zone when I had just given birth to twins, and my post-partum frame was very much on display there.

I live a soldier's life when I'm working. That's how it feels to me, except I've got a slightly greater chance of survival.

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

Faith is in the eye of the beholder.

Most of us live our whole lives without having an adventure to call our own.

We must hang on to the idea that we can actually change things. That's the sort of environment that Joe finds himself in, in Young Adam.

I never quite understand the way society decides who is beautiful and who is not. But an open face and a capacity for kindness always feel like reliable signifiers to me.