In "The King's Speech," patriotism is utterly contained within a historical moment, the third of September, 1939, where the aggressor is clear, the fight is clear, it hasn't become complicated over time.

Thank you to my wonderful actors, the triangle of man-love which is Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and me.

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

Some of my most special shooting experiences have been at weekends.

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.

If you look at Shakespeare's history plays, what the setting of monarchy allows is this extraordinary intensification of emotions and predicament.