Like a lady who has lost weight and she's just getting to that point where she can fit into that favourite dress, you get the film down to just about the right cut. You can feel it when it happens.

I read the script just once, and then forget it.I just deal with what I see every day on the screen and whetherI believe it and understand it.

You have to keep banging away at something until you get it to work. I think women are maybe better at that.

Jack Cardiff - the greatest cameraman who ever worked in colour - was a lab boy to start with so he knew Technicolor from the inside out.

Michael Powell always used to say 'I'm a typical Englishman'. He was and he wasn't. He was very cosmopolitan and spent a lot of time in Europe.

Leaders walk by faith, managers walk alone.

The key to creating a successful system is to make it as uncomplicated as possible.

He is the one pocket of warmth in a sea of ice.

He downed the last of his coffee, carried his mug over to the pot, poured himself a refill, and returned to the

There's always hope. And oceans. Hope and oceans.

There are secrets in life. You just have to understand how to unlock them

My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.

When you make movies based on real life, you try to exaggerate it.

I think this is what we must not lose sight of, present a confident, positive and optimistic platform for our country's future in which this Party appeals to the centre ground of British politics.

Improved turnout will give parliament and government the appearance of being more legitimate.