The Individual Will To Survive Is Often

I Have A Philosophy, A Belief, Which I Can See In Many, Many Other Directors That Your Early Work Is Your Best Work, Because You Don't Know What You're Doing.

I've Sort Of Escaped My Background, As People Often Do, Through Art And Culture.

My Dad Was A Labourer And My Mum Had Exactly The Same Job As Noel Gallagher's Mum - She Was A Dinner Lady At Our Local School. Everyone Comes Over From Ireland And They Get The Same Jobs.

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.

I Don't Want People To Sit There And Objectively Watch The Film. I Want Them To Experience It As Something That's Under Their Skin, So You Try To Make The Films Really Tactile.