The Sun Is The Most Important Thing

When You Have Children Your Own Hypocrisy Becomes More Apparent Because You're Telling Them How To Behave, And You're Not Behaving Like That Yourself. So It Obliges One To Really Go In And Try To Look At Why There Is A Huge Gulf Between How One Knows One Wants To Behave And How One Actually Does Behave.

You Can Do Anything You Like - Really - But This Sci-fi Is Absolutely Disciplined, It's Zen, You Have To Be Absolutely Focused In An Area. You Have To Zone Into An Area And You Then You Can Achieve When You Get There. It's Really Weird!

The Perfect Equation Is Form Equals Content. The Style Of The Film Reflects The Story, And That's What You're Always Aiming For. You're Not Always Necessarily Successful At It, But That's The Ambition That You're Trying To Do.

Once, A French Journalist Told Me That All My Films Are The Same. I Said, 'excuse Me? I Work Hard To Make Them Different.' What She Meant Was That In My Films There Is A Character That Faces Insurmountable Odds, And They Overcome Them. But I Thought That Might Be True, But You Need Certain Factors For Drama, And You Need To Overcome Them.

The Awards Season Gives A Chance For Independent Films To Have A Bit Of Longevity In The Press And The Media.