My first lead role was a stage play called A Kestrel for a Knave. I was 11.

Manchester Youth theater, then the National Student Theater Company and later my degree course all helped form my love of telling stories and directing.

Its amazing what you can do without in terms of filmmaking when a story is really important.

My job is to create a film, where we are capturing truth in performances.

After college I funded my short films with acting roles in film and TV. I learned my craft through the great opportunities British television gave me as a director.

It's amazing what you can do without in terms of filmmaking when a story is really important.

Be mindful of those who take credit for your success or blame you for their failures.

There's a beauty to wisdom and experience that cannot be faked. It's impossible to be mature without having lived.

God won’t give you more than you can handle.’” Holiday chuckled. “And we just wish He didn’t trust us so much, right?

You've got to look for tough competition. You've got to want to beat the best.

My family history begins with me, but yours ends with you.

Unlike us, cats never outgrow their delight in cat capacities, nor do they settle finally for limitations. Cats, I think, live out their lives fulfilling their expectations.

I might have been born in a hovel, but I determined to travel with the wind and the stars.

I think I'm too much of a control freak.

I don't consider myself an artist. I consider myself a very opinionated man who uses words as fighting tools.

I think the level of criticism you're under is never healthy. I think that's why lots of people in Hollywood end up in rehab. There are the ups and downs. I was never a fan of the attention.