Actors Enjoy Being Treated As Ordinary People.

In "the King's Speech," Patriotism Is Utterly Contained Within A Historical Moment, The Third Of September, 1939, Where The Aggressor Is Clear, The Fight Is Clear, It Hasn't Become Complicated Over Time.

The Thing That Fascinates Me Is That The Way I Came To Film And Television Is Extinct. Then There Were Gatekeepers, It Was Prohibitively Expensive To Make A Film, To Be A Director You Had To Be An Entrepreneur To Raise Money.

I Appear To Be Drawn To Iconic Characters And What They Reflect Back To Our Cultures.

Sometimes Your Body Language Is Enough For An Actor To Know That You're Not Happy. And You Don't Really Need To Say It Out Loud If You Deal With Actors You Know Very Well. And I Don't Think You Really Need To Be Explicit.

American Movies Are Often Very Good At Mining Those Great Underlying Myths That Make Films Robustly Travel Across Class, Age, Gender, Culture.