I really enjoy the process of making movies. The only thing that really concerns me is working with great directors and actors, and that is fun and exciting.

I think movie makers in every country are looking for ideas. It's interactive. And sometimes we remake a lot of Hollywood films but we don't buy the rights, we just try to imitate those films.

I think the love scenes are very powerful and they're not trying to simply show the bodies of the actors but trying to reflect the inner feelings of the character so it's easier in that way.

I think doing love scenes is never easy without a strong emotional background.

If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?

Grace is the power of God.

I'm just a public-schoolboy. I've got a degree. I'm from a middle-class family in Devon. I've got no story.

Dark sides are important. They should be nurtured like nasty black orchids.

In one word, to draw the rule from experience, one must generalize; this is a necessity that imposes itself on the most circumspect observer.

Probably the best thing that happened to me was going nuts. Nobody knew who I was until that happened.

Within the Church, sins are forgiven in three ways: by baptism, by prayer, and by the greater humility of penance; yet God does not forgive sins except to the baptized.

The second part of how to hire: try not to.

Artists are mystics rather than rationalists. They leap to conclusions that logic cannot reach.

I don’t need to ring anyone. I said I’m dying. I didn’t say I wanted to live.