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

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

I would say L.A. is more polite than London - it's a very careful place. People talk a lot in code.

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

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

I think the thumb print on the throat of many people is childhood trauma that goes unprocessed and unrecognized.

I have a yearning someday to do one of these huge juggernauts.