Mum was the matriarch and the patriarch of the family.

Making a movie is like a marathon, and commercials are like sprints - they're equally satisfying, but in different ways.

I think the guiding principle for me is working with people, because I don't know how long it's going to last, I want to seize the moment and work with people I want to work with.

The scariest thing in my life is the first morning of production on all my movies. It's the fear of failing, the loss of face and a sense of guilt that everybody puts their faith in you and not coming through.

I make a movie because it's something that inspires me.

I think we're lucky because there are very few people in life who get to do what we're doing.

I always get role models, people from real life who've lived the lives of the characters, and talk it through together, me, them and the actor, a lot. That helps. We certainly have our disagreements. But in the end we trust each other.