I was once described by one of my critics as an aesthetic fascist.

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.

When you're passionate about something, you don't need coffee or an energy drink to get you moving.

Do not raise your children the way your parents raised you

Love is when you sit beside someone doing nothing, yet you feel perfectly happy.

Being hungry is the most natural thing in the world

The love of one cat simply can't be compared with the love of another..

You cannot live your life in the elitist world of fashion and not step out or you're disconnected. You have to realize that fashion is not the endgame.

Right now, every American is affected by high energy prices. Working families, small businesses and consumers across the country are feeling the pinch with no end in sight.

Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions.

To need nothing is divine, and the less a man needs the nearer does he approach to divinity.

Since day one my thing has always been to play the music