I've Always Loved America.

I Wonder Whether My Bleak-o-meter Is Set Differently From Other People's. I Have Such Passion For What I Do That I Can't See It As Bleak. When People Use That Word, Or “grim” Or “gritty,” I Just Think, “oh, Come On, Look A Bit Deeper.” My Films Don't Give You An Easy Ride. I Can See That. The Sense I Get Is That People Have Quite A Physical Experience With Them. They Feel Afterwards That They've Really Been Through Something.

For Me, Making Films Is About Trying To Work Something Out By Myself In Quite A Lonely Way. I Find The Whole Thing Very Lonely Really.

I'm Sure Most Of Us Remember Being A Kid And You Have All Of This Endless Time Where Two Weeks Before Christmas Feels Like Ten Years. I Used To Go To Bed To Try And Go To Sleep To Try And Make It Go Faster.

I Find It Kind Of Weird That Directors Want To Put Themselves In Their Films.

I Was Never That Comfortable In Front Of The Camera, It Always Terrified Me.