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

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

I find that after a screening, people really want to come and tell you what they feel.

I think I would say 'The King's Speech' is surprisingly funny, in fact the audiences in London, Toronto, LA, New York commented there's more laughter in this film than in most comedies, while it is also a moving tear-jerker with an uplifting ending.

The more uncompromisingly specific you are the more you end up touching the bigger universal truths.

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

American cinema tends to express a patriotic relationship to national identity on a regular basis.