You can have levity in the film because real people look for levity in their lives.

To see great actors bring it all to life us exhilerating

I love the casting process. It's a cliché but I think it's the most important part of the process. I really enjoy it too. I love putting that jigsaw puzzle of people together.

The first time when you can really get a sense of what the movie is going to look and feel like is when you're in a casting room and seeing it.

I don't want to redo what I've [just done]. I don't want to retread old ground.

I'd like to make all different kinds of movies. I don't think it would make sense though for my second film to walk straight into a musical even though I'd like to.

We tried not to smile, for smiling only encourages men to bore you and waste your time.

I had to open my eyes, so I could see a new life!

Put character and mental toughness before execution and you will get consistent execution.

Wisdom is the principal thing

I'm at the stage of life when if a girl says no to me I'm profoundly grateful to her.

I change as the times change. I'm a reflection of what's around me without trying at all.

Challenges are something that can only be tackled in the present moment and require action.

For the first six months of my stand-up career, I was talking like Danny Dyer. I was doing a lot of 'alright guvnors?' It wasn't true to who I was.

The Population Reference Bureau predicts that the world's total population will double to 7,000,000,000 before the year 2000. I suppose they will all want dignity, I said.

When I was a baby feminist, leading feminist thinkers were insisting that if women ran the world, there would be no sadism or war.