I Say To First Time Filmmakers That

My Dad Was A Labourer And My Mum Had Exactly The Same Job As Noel Gallagher's Mum - She Was A Dinner Lady At Our Local School. Everyone Comes Over From Ireland And They Get The Same Jobs.

Most Films That I Do, Whether Successful Or Not, Just Fade Away. They Have Their Moment In The Sun, Then They Are Gone. 'trainspotting' Did Not, And Especially With Journalists. So Whenever I Launched A New Film, I'd End Up Talking About 'trainspotting.'

One Of Dickens' Biggest Influences Was The Growth Of London As A Victorian City, And The Extremes Being Created As It Expanded.

Celluloid Will Be The Next Decade's Black And White.

I Always Wanted To Make This Film Or Another Film. I Thought The Worst Thing You Could Do Was To React To Slumdog's Success In Some Way. I Thought It Would Be Really Foolish.