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

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.'

Its Easy To Like The Most Popular Films, But I Have A Great Fondness For A Life Less Ordinary.

You Use Elements Of Noir, But You Don't Want It To Be Too Noir-ish. You Don't Want It To Be Advertised As Though You're Asking People To Go And Watch An Updated Noir. I Don't Think They'll Go Do That. They Want To See A Modern Story.

I Find That People Find A Way Out Of Misery Through Humor And It's Humor That's Often Unacceptable To People Who Are Not In Quite Such A State Of Misery.

I Like Action Movies, Even Though I Think Action Movies Are Kind Of Derided Now. But There Is Something Extraordinary About Action Movies, Which Is Absolutely Linked To The Invention Of Cinema And What Cinema Is And Why We Love It.