Film-making is a physically hard job.

Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it's quite fine, so fine that the Irish don't even acknowledge that it exists.

I always argued against the auteur theory; films are a collaborative art form. I've had some fantastically good people help me make the movies.

A Great Movie Evolves when Everybody Has the Same Vision in Their Heads.

Personally I am very much against the death penalty for several reasons.

Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black and white movie.

Have a go. Anybody can do it.

Well, if you ask any filmmaker how they got into it, everyone came a different route. Ive never actually watched another director work.

Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with.

I turn on the TV sometimes, start watching something and think: 'This seems quite good, a bit familiar.' Then I realise … It's one of my movies. It's a pretty odd feeling.

A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is.

When you sit down to write, write. Don't do anything else except go to the bathroom, and only do that if it absolutely cannot be put off.

We are going to have that thing everyone talks about, that indescribable, indefinable thing that everybody wants to find...Here's to endless stargazing.

There is so much debate about moderate and radical Islam but there is only one Islam.

When you really let people see you, Amelia–all of you, not just the snow-obsessed reporter–it’s impossible to look away.

this IS the time when man must be Free.

We've got fuel prices coming down and good travel numbers coming out, so it's not surprising airline stocks are going up.

Compliment but do not covet.

Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength.

Most men have at least one redeeming feature. Finding one for Brother Rike requires a stretch. Is 'big' a redeeming feature?

I'm not overweight. I flucuate between chubby and curvy.