Filmmaking Is Something I Have To Do.

It Takes A Very Strong Brain To Resist The Absolutes, The Myths That The Media And The Politicians Peddle - The Idea That If You Are Too Kind, Where Does It All End? That Not To Help Someone Is Somehow A Good Idea.

Part Of The Reason Why Movie Bosses Are So Obsessed With Crime Movies Is Because They Know That World And The Criminals. And That's What They Are - They Would Not Hesitate To Act Illegally To Achieve Profit And Gain.

I Wanted To Dismantle The Bollocks That There's A Military Structure To A Gang, With A Leader, Second Leader, The Good Looking One, First Babe, Second Babe. It's Far More Arbitrary Than That And Their Values Shouldn't Be Romanticised. They Aren't Something You Want To Sign Up To.

The Fact In Acting, You Can Tap Into Your Darkest Moments In Life To Your Lightest Moments. And People Will Watch It, And Appreciate It, And Even Engage With You Because Of That. That's The Greatest Job One Earth.

There's No Such Thing As An Actor Giving Positive Criticism To A Director. The Minute You Say 'don't You Think It Would Look Nicer', That Director's Going To Hate Your Guts. Particularly If It's A Good Idea.