I think English film is very embarrassed by patriotism, generally.

I'm the son of highly functioning parents who I'm incredibly lucky to have.

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

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

Great acting is all about being in the moment, being in the present tense.

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

The thing that fascinates me is that the way I came to film and television is extinct. Then there were gatekeepers, it was prohibitively expensive to make a film, to be a director you had to be an entrepreneur to raise money.