I Do Think I'm A Character Actor.

They Said: "make It In This Amount Of Time And Go For It Now..." Which Is Why I Was Suddenly Ambushed And We All Found Ourselves Doing It. I Suspect This Wasn't Quite Recognisable In Its Genre To Give People The Confidence Just To Throw Money At It.

I Can Actually Get Involved In Getting Stories Off The Ground That No One Would Ask Me To Be In Because I'm The Wrong Age, The Wrong Sex, The Wrong Nationality, Or Whatever. I've Found It Quite Exhilarating To Have That Freedom To Tell The Stories That Aren't Just About Middle-aged White English Guys.

However Good A Communicator A Director Is, Unless They've Been Actors, It's Just Not The Same As The Shorthand You Get With Someone Who's Been An Actor.

We've Always Been Involved With America - I Have A Son Who Lives There And It's A Big Part Of My Life.

Hollywood Hasn't Aggressively Pursued Me. Neither Have I Aggressively Pursued Hollywood.