I don't even like football.

Films about the English monarchy, they tend to have a lavishness, sumptuous imagery, it's all very posh and rich.

I think people enjoy finding out something genuinely new.

I think directors can become overly infatuated by gilt and gold, and the word "lavish" and everything being magnificent.

I was always obsessed with finding truly researched images to add authenticity, out of that came something totally contemporary and modern. Research is very key to my process because over and over again, reality provides more interesting images than you could have invented.

I decided to be a filmmaker when I was 12. I had utter clarity that this would be my life.

The irony of a director going to film festivals is you never get to see any of the films.