I Am Quite Spiritual. I Believed In

I'm Not A Communist, Of Course. But I Do Think That Everything Is Down To Economics. Capitalism Doesn't Change.

I Don't Like The Word 'strong,' Because A Strong Character Is Never An Interesting Character. A Character Is Made Interesting By Their Vulnerabilities And Their Weaknesses.

Los Angeles Is Hollywood And Hollywood Is Hollywood Blvd. It's The First Thing You Want To See. It's The Only Thing Really That You Know About As Far As Los Angeles Is Concerned. And So You Go And You Look At Joan Crawford's Hands And Feet And The Whole History Of American Filmmaking Is Encapsulated In That One Little Area On That One Street. That Street, To Me, Has Always Been The Street Of Dream.

Two Phrases I Hate In Reference To Female Characters Are 'strong' And 'feisty.' They Really Annoy Me. It's The Most Condescending Thing. You Say That About A Three-year-old. It Infantilises Women.

The Timing Of Comedy Is So Difficult. You've Got To Leave Room For A Laugh, You Don't Want To Kill The Laugh, But On Film, You Can't Just Suddenly Stop For A Laugh And Then Carry On. So, I Think It's A Real Art Form, Comedy On Film.