It's Interesting, The Worse Things Get In

One Of The Things In The Mary Shelley [frankenstein] Is That The Creature Tells His Story, So This Begins With The Creature's Point Of View. So, It Literally Starts With The Creature Opening His Eyes And Is Born - But Is Obviously In His 30s. But Because They're The Creator And The Created We Thought It Would Be Really Interesting If They Could Look At Each Other Every Other Night And Play Each Other's Roles.

Good Storytelling For Me Is Not So Much Technical Expertise, Which I Know Is Applauded Often; It's Actually Freshness Of Approach. It Does Mean You Sometimes Stumble And Fall And Make A Horrible Mess Of Things In Seeking That Freshness, But You Should Always Keep Trying To Do That.

The Problem With Being British... I Don't Know If It's Me Being British Or Being Raised A Strict Catholic, But You Never Really Enjoy Success.

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.

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.