I Grew Up Looking At... Going To

I Did Sit In Cinemas As A Kid Looking At English And American Movies Thinking, "wouldn't It Be Great If The Characters Were Like Real People?" And The Worst Thing Is Films Are Constantly Advertising Themselves, Drawing Attention To Their Style Of Things. But Actually I Make Films That I Think Are Extremely Sophisticated And Cinematic. But You Don't Want The Audience Thinking About The Bloody Film. You Want Them To Think About What's Going On, And Believe In It. Be Flies On The Wall, You Know?

My Job Apart From Anything Else Is To Build An Ensemble Composed Of Actors Who All Come From A Secure Place So That They Can All Work Together To Make The Film.

I Grew Up Looking At... Going To The Movies A Lot, As Much As They'd Let You. I Grew Up In Manchester In The North Of England In The '40s And '50s. I Saw A Lot Of Movies. They Were All Hollywood And British Movies. I Didn't See A Film That Wasn't In English Until I Was 17 When I Went To London To Be A Student.

I Think Michael Caine Is A Perfectly Good Actor But It's Obvious He's Not Going To Be In One Of My Films.

I Try And Create For The Audience Something That Relates To Real-life Experience. When You're Meeting Somebody For The First Time, All You Have To Go On Are Your Preconceptions And Your Stereotypes And Whatever Else, But Gradually As You Get To Know Them, They Change. They Become More Three-dimensional, And You Start To See Them In Layers.