I Can't Imagine People Telling Me What

I'm A Much Better Filmmaker Than Painter. But Studying It Did Make Me Visually Acute And Taught Me Lessons Like Being Economic: Say Something Once And You Don't Have To Say It Again.

If You Start With A Good Idea, You Can Encapsulate It In A Phrase And Explain It. I Like High-concept Films. Everyone Can Get Hold Of It. I Don't Think There's Any Harm In That At All.

As For How Criticism Of Keats' Poetry Relates To Criticism Of My Own Work, I'll Leave That For Others To Decide.

I Took Four Years Off After 'in The Cut' Because I Wanted To See Who I'd Be Without Work. I Even Tried Being A Hermit In The Wilderness In New Zealand. I Stayed In A Warden's Hut Two-and-a-half Hours Off The Routeburn Track Through The Fjords On The South Island. It Was Early Winter, So There Was No Electricity Or Running Water.

The Studio System Is Kind Of An Old Boys System And It's Difficult For Them To Trust Women To Be Capable