I'm Not A 'star Wars' Geek.

I Made This Film 'the Beach,' Which Didn't Take Place In A City, And It Didn't Really Suit Me.

I Think Women Assess Time Passage Much Better Than Men - Because Of Their Biological Clocks - And They Are Much More Realistic About Measuring Out Time, Whereas Men Tend To Hang Onto Things. Women Acknowledge The Biology Of Their Time, And Dance Through The Beat Of That Drum...whereas Men Just Drum.

I Always Say To Anybody Who's Going Over To America For The First Time, 'whatever You Do, Go And See A Popular Mainstream Film With A Big Audience.' Because People Shout Out. You Never Get That In Britain. Everybody's So Quiet, Scared To Laugh. It's Like Being In Church.

Basically, Actors Arrive In A Bubble. They Have A Little Sealed Bubble Around Them And It's Basically [comprised Of] Their Agents, Their Last Film, Their Next Film, Their Press Agent, And Their Per Diems - All These Things, They Cocoon Themselves With And You Have To Puncture That Bubble On Each Of Them To Make Them Be In Your Film.

I Haven't Got Anything Against Films That Are About The Minutia Of Relationships Or Customs, But I Love Extremes. I Love Taking A Bunch Of Characters And It Usually Is A Bunch Of Characters, And You Throw Something At Them That's Usually Extreme, Like A Bag Of Money, Or You Send Them Out To Explode A Nuclear Device On The Surface Of The Sun. And Those Extremes Are Wonderful For Drama.