I Trained In The Theatre.

We're Trying To Learn From [olympic] Beijing, Which Could Be Very Intimidating. We've Learned To Expect It's Power, It Majesty And That It Completes A Cycle Of Certain Types Of Shows... I Don't Think Any Nation Could Do Anything On That Scale. We Haven't Got That Money, And I Don't Think Anybody Would Have The Appetite For That Kind Of Expenditure And That Kind Of Control, So We're Going To Try And Do Something A Bit More Intimate And Try And Start Again... Start A New Cycle For These Kind Of Ceremonies.

I Grew Up In A City, I'm A City Person - I Go On Holiday And I'm Bored.

Always Changing Genres, Making Very Different Films Is A Good Idea. It's A Way Of Making Yourself Feel Vulnerable Again, Getting Back To That Innocence. As Is Working Within A Circumspect Budget.

As Soon As You Think You Can Do Whatever You Want And You Have Whatever Great Professional In The World Waiting To Work With You, Then You Are Sunk.

I Don't Want To Make Pompous, Serious Films.