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

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

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

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

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.

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.