The only genre I have any problem with is musicals, but that's just my own tastes it's nothing to do with the films.

There's no way you can shoot low-budget stuff on lots of locations. It's just a practicality thing because every time you move, it costs time and money.

It's part of developing the whole state of how cinema is; everyone is looking out and engaged rather than it being just a financial thing or sitting back, waiting for scripts to turn up.

Doctor Who is pretty dark, I think. Generally its dark; its always been dark.

The things that inspire people to think are what keeps a film alive.

I think CGI is interesting but it's too expensive and limiting in terms of what you can do shot-by-shot.

I genuinely try to make movies I'd want to go and see, movies that are a bit more challenging.

If I'd been offered 'Spider-Man,' I probably would have done it. I don't think it's bad to go and do those things.

You can muscle your way to the top as long as you're part of the production, which I am. I'm knitted into the money, so it's very hard to extricate me from the decision-making dynamic.

If an actor commits properly to a role, they do a bit mad during a shoot. If they're going to do that, they should balance themselves by doing a role as a yoga teacher.

Lots of crime films are about work. Free Fire could have been about a company of plumbers doing pipe-fixing and stuff. But the plumbing film is not so exciting.

Honesty: The best of all the lost arts.

Harmony makes small things grow. Lack of it makes big things decay.

Everybody needs money. That's why they call it money.

I'm fascinated by diamonds. When I put diamonds on, my hands start to shake.

My wit is more polished than your mustache. The truth which I speak strikes more sparks from men's hearts than your spurs do from the cobblestones.

When a man is proud because he can understand and explain the writings of Chrysippus, say to yourself, 'if Chrysippus had not written obscurely, this man would have had nothing to be proud of.'

We must believe in free will - we have no choice.

I am in love with Hope.

I'm grateful to be alive, because I really did not think I was going to be alive, onstage performing songs.

I feel thankful to God, first and foremost, allowing me to enjoy this 'smell the roses' kind of thing.