I'm a pluralist. I've always argued that as many different films as possible should be made.

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.

Film-making is a physically hard job.

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.

The world is thinningand the earth...it's still spinningmy world is thinningand it’s all because of one person I’m missing.

Do short people reach their full potential quicker?

The day I pitched, I would drink either 'cause I was celebrating or I lost and couldn't sleep.

I can bake. I made myself some nice French fries once. But otherwise I just eat out. Lots of salad bars.

Knowledge unfits a child to be a slave.

I was supposed to be waiting up here when you got back, only your Phoenix lot got in the way...” “Yes, they do that,” said Dumbledore.

I was then at the height of my two-facedness: that is, outside I seemed one way, inside I was another; outside false, inside true.

Every day I get more and more honest.

I think Michael Moore is a hero. I love him.

By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust ensuing danger; as, by proof, we see the waters swell before a boisterous storm.