Aging Is The Diminishing Of Early Fearlessness.

One Of The Things That Makes Hamlet Unique Among Shakespeare's Characters Is His Courage To Face Up To The Darker Elements Of His Personality.

Frankenstein Feels Like An Ancient Tale, The Kind Of Traditional Story That Appears In Many Other Forms. It Appeals To Something Very Primal, But It's Also About Profound Things, The Very Nature Of Life And Death And Birth - About, Essentially, A Man Who Is Resisting The Most Irresistible Fact Of All, That We Will Be Shuffling Off This Mortal Coil.

I Think The Best Actors Are The Most Generous, The Kindest, The Greatest People And At Their Worst They Are Vain, Greedy And Insecure.

After Frankenstein, I Feel As If I Want To Make A Film About Somebody Having A Nice Cup Of Tea.

With People In Corsets You Need, An Hour And A Half In You Have To Give Somebody Something, You Have To Have Those Trays With A Little Bit Of Fruit Going Around Or Something Because You Get That Blood Sugar [dropping] Thing, So It's Curious Because That's In Your Mind At The Same Time As You're About To Say, 'i Think It's About The Humanity And The Depth Of Feeling And We Need To Feel [cinderella] Soul Expand And By The Way, More Cheese For The People In The Back.'