I Say To First Time Filmmakers That

Movies Are About Time. You Can Take That Momentum And Manipulate Time As Well, Or You Can Deliberately Slow It Down, Stop It, And Start It Again. There Is No Other Art Form That Does That Type Of Manipulation In That Way.

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.

I Like Action Movies, Even Though I Think Action Movies Are Kind Of Derided Now. But There Is Something Extraordinary About Action Movies, Which Is Absolutely Linked To The Invention Of Cinema And What Cinema Is And Why We Love It.

I'm Always After Putting People In Extreme Circumstances. I'm Always After Not Knowing What I'm Doing In Those Extreme Circumstances.

Even Though One Of Them Is About An Edinburgh Junkie And Ones A Little Boy Of Eight In Manchester, You Want Them To Always Portray Their World In Such A Vivid Way That The Audience Can Disappear Inside The Story.