If you meet somebody who's spent any length of time in prison, you don't let your guard down. Ever. And really, that's what that was about-if you open up too much, you're asking to get your teeth kicked in.

A character I would love to play is Iago, from Othello.

Everyone is an abused child, if you think about what governments do.

I like the idea of experimenting with different kinds of formats, and I think you've got to keep on your toes and keep changing.

There just seems to be more acceptance now of other kinds of British films, than the picture-postcard ones.

Well, I think first it was rare for me to do anything that had any kind of a romantic note to it.

How would you compare Polanski or Kubrick? I try not to do any comparisons.