I'm not a precious text protector, or anything like that, you know, because it's a much more vital form than that. You have to rock.

There were days when you would get the TV listings from The Globe and The Herald. Video was out, but nobody could afford it...expect for my uncle George, who was a second father to me, and had every film in the world, and every book.

I need as much of the business of making a film to be in my own workspace. It really ought to be a bit more like doing a novel, alone, at first. I'm feeling my way.

On historical you take the known facts, dramatize them, and then stitch them together by invention. It's a projective thing.

Look at what people are trying to conceal, and you’ll see that they’re revealing everything.

In reviewing films, people get quite liberal about saying "the script" this and "the script" that, when they've never read the script any more than they've read the latest report on Norwegian herring landings.

I love editorial and sound and music, and I was working with the best people, so you learn a lot.