I'm A Big Sports Fan. Football. Cricket.

If You Have To Be Persuaded About Something, You Shouldn't Do It.

I Haven't Got Anything Against Films That Are About The Minutia Of Relationships Or Customs, But I Love Extremes. I Love Taking A Bunch Of Characters And It Usually Is A Bunch Of Characters, And You Throw Something At Them That's Usually Extreme, Like A Bag Of Money, Or You Send Them Out To Explode A Nuclear Device On The Surface Of The Sun. And Those Extremes Are Wonderful For Drama.

Brian Cox Is The Nicest Guy, But He's So Arrogant.

Most Films That I Do, Whether Successful Or Not, Just Fade Away. They Have Their Moment In The Sun, Then They Are Gone. 'trainspotting' Did Not, And Especially With Journalists. So Whenever I Launched A New Film, I'd End Up Talking About 'trainspotting.'

Directing Is A Mixture Of Compromise And Perfectionism. When You Lose The Judgment Of Which Is More Important At Any Particular Moment, You're Time Is Over. They Find You Out And Send You Packing.