Ridley and I talk every day. Our family is very close because were from North England.

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.

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.

I thought that subtitles are boring because they're there generally to serve us with information to make you understand what people are saying in a different language.

GM is a highly collaborative organization; we rely on a whole tier of suppliers for everything that we do.

The biggest edge I live on is directing. That's the most scary, dangerous thing you can do in your life.

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.