If It's Good Art, It's Good.

The Ferocity Of Passion That Is Engendered By People When They Don't Like What You've Done Is Really Tremendous. It's Intense.

If You've Done A Brilliant Version It Becomes Something Else.

It's Very Strange That The People You Love Are Often The People You're Most Cruel To.

I Only Really Cast People Who Are Desperate To Be In It - Who Were Dying To Be In It, Whose Talent I Believed In And Were Dead Ready To Do The Work That Was Necessary.

Across All Cinderella Versions It Was Clear That The 21st Century Was Not Very Much In Evidence, Particularly In The Character Of Cinderella So It Seemed, It Felt Actually As Though It Hadn't Been Done For Quite Some Time, Not With The Kind Of Lushness That We Could Do It With, With An Absolute Removal Of The Passivity Of Cinderella And Finding An Amusing Way, A Lighthearted But Significant Way Of Making Her Proactive And Not A Girl Who's Life Is About Waiting For A Bloke.