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.
A lot of dramas get a bad name commercially because they are unremittingly bleak.
Great acting is all about being in the moment, being in the present tense.
I'm the son of highly functioning parents who I'm incredibly lucky to have.
I would say L.A. is more polite than London - it's a very careful place. People talk a lot in code.