I Had More Fun Making Traffic Than

I'm Probably More Character-driven Than Plot-driven. It's Rare For Me To Attach Myself To An Idea For A Story.

The Best Set Was Probably 'bloody Sunday.' We Had No Money For Extras And Gambled On Months Of Outreach To Persuade The People Of Derry To Turn Out And March For Us On One Single Afternoon. And They Did. In Their Tens Of Thousands. Seeing Them March, Their Patience And Their Dignity And Their Commitment, I Knew The Movie Would Have A Quality Of Truth.

Making A Film That's Supposed To Be Fun To Watch Is Really Hard - That's The Weird Irony Of It.

We Have To Have A Version Of Our Own Story That We Keep Telling Ourselves That Allows Us To Get Up In The Morning. This Version Of Yourself Is What You Sell To Yourself. I Think It Necessarily Includes ... Not Looking At Certain Things. Everybody's Got Some Blind Spot.

We're All Standing On The Shoulders Of What Other People Have Done. But You're Supposed To Take That And Add Your Own Sauce. It Can Be Intimidating, Believe Me.