It's really exciting. It's really exciting when you do a piece of work, and people like it, and it gets noticed.

Once a movie goes out into the world, it belongs to anyone who goes to see it.

If you come out of British TV, they're kind of saying, "Here's the keys to the kingdom. You are now going to go off and become a moviemaker. If you do really well, then the world is your oyster.

I wanted to actually make people look at a painting. We don't look at paintings that much. We glance at them.

I seem to have emerged from the relative obscurity of TV.

I collect postage stamps. That's the only thing I can afford to collect! I hope in five years' time to say, "Yes, I specialize in Gustav Dore first editions."

My most famous drama in England is quite controversial. It's something called Men Only, and it's rather a shocking exploration of male sexuality.

You tend to get a script and you push it toward being the kind of film you want to make.

I saw an awful lot of actresses, and some of them, you thought should be hospitalized. [They] should certainly eat a hamburger, for godsake.

You can't always do exactly what you want, and often compromises have to be made.

You begin to understand, as a filmmaker, that there are different ways of approaching things. Everything doesn't have to be quick cut, like MTV.

When you accept a leadership role, you take on extra responsibility for your actions toward others.

I think my underwear is curling off me like burning paper.

There's plenty more fish in the sea than Prince Jonathan, " he told her softly. "And this particular fish loves you with all his crooked heart."-George to Alanna

The things young women read nowadays and profess to enjoy positively frighten me.

Curiosity must be kept alive.

I would much rather see somebody bring something new to a genre than produce something that seems safe.

Its so daunting to walk into a classroom or a school auditorium. Its like the worlds weirdest blind date. I know all the students are thinking, Who is this tool standing up in front of us?

He’s like the Rasputin of reapers.

Optimist: someone who isn't sure whether life is a tragedy or a comedy but is tickled silly just to be in the play.

I like to keep a uniform - wear a blazer, try to keep the same colour pants; very tailored, very fitted but still edgy.