I Think This Is Interesting, Us Human

My Musical Knowledge Is So Bad It's Embarrassing. When Composers Discuss Music With Someone As Primitive As Myself, They Have To Talk About It In Terms Of Senses And Emotion, Rather Than Keys And Tempo.

I Think Women Don't Grow Up With The Harsh World Of Criticism That Men Grow Up With, We Are More Sensitively Treated, And When You First Experience The World Of Film-making You Have To Develop A Very Tough Skin.

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.

I Love It When Actors Come To You With A Problem And You Have To Listen. You'd Like Them To Just Get On With It, But It Often Means That There's A Problem With The Script.

This Is The First Generation To Grow Up On Thatcher - It's A Different Ethos. It's Money Minded, And It's The Cult Of Yourself. Now That's Fine, Except When It Falls Down, And You Can't Achieve Your Goals - Through High Unemployment, Through The Fact That You Probably Need Inherited Money To Get Anywhere.