Come A Crisis, We Want Other People.

I've Sort Of Escaped My Background, As People Often Do, Through Art And Culture.

That Survival Instinct, That Will To Live, That Need To Get Back To Life Again, Is More Powerful Than Any Consideration Of Taste, Decency, Politeness, Manners, Civility. Anything. It's Such A Powerful Force.

I Always Wanted To Make This Film Or Another Film. I Thought The Worst Thing You Could Do Was To React To Slumdog's Success In Some Way. I Thought It Would Be Really Foolish.

Clearly, You Can Think Back And See That A Character Has Had Enormous Odds Stacked Against Him And Has To Overcome Them. It's Usually A Guy, I'm Afraid. But Then You're Setting Up A New Movie You Have Amnesia About These Meetings, When You've Discussed It More Analytically.

If You Love A Book You Tend Not To Follow Its Surface Value, You Follow The Other Things In It.