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

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

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

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

I mean, we've all had those dreams where, you know, we try to cry out and our voice won't come.

I was always obsessed with finding truly researched images to add authenticity, out of that came something totally contemporary and modern. Research is very key to my process because over and over again, reality provides more interesting images than you could have invented.

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