I'm usually the first guy to propose a change because I'm continuing my process. We're in a context, in this business, a context in which most screenplays work on a very modest level of achievement, in that a lot of them aren't really written by what you would call writers.

I always write as I like to write, and I've been thinking about it because I honestly didn't realize how different my stuff is, until I started looking at other people's scripts as a producer.

When I was young I was only thinking of writing, and whatever was going on was unreal and comparatively unimportant.

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

It's been very much in the blood since I started imagining films or shooting with 8mm when I was a kid. I made some films and thought about films, but then I went into writing. Becket is something that's definitely on the cards. We have to see where that fits in the schedule, because it's a big picture and I have a lot of writing obligations at the moment. I'm wary of anything with a budget over a certain amount.

You evolve in the ways in which you are precious. When you are the director, you are also continuing to write on the floor as you go along.

I think probably everybody works most on the beginning and the ending.