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I Simply Asked If I Could Have A Go At Adapting A Screenplay. But I Did Not Want Any Money, In Case I Failed Because I Did Not Want A Script Out There With My Name On It That Might Be Completely Dysfunctional.

I Like To Think That If I Were Gay I Would Be Out. Rupert Everett-style.

[directing First Film:] I Was Terrified, It Was Really Very Scary Because There Is A Lot Of Responsibility. I Think I Was Terrified Because I Wanted It To Work So Much. A Lot Of Actors Direct Movies But I Thought The Stakes Were Kind Of Higher For Me Because I Really, Really Cared. [...] I Just Worked As Hard As I Possibly Could On Every Single Thing, Every Single Day. I Said That If This Failed It Would Not Be Because I Didn't Work As Hard As I Possibly Could...every Day.

I'm Not Known For Having Great Relationships With Ex-girlfriends, But I've Been Able To Continue One With (gwyneth Paltrow) That's Really Valuable.

It's Much Nicer To Be Praised Than To Be Damned. But You Have To Have A Certain Sense Of Your Own Priorities And Ideas About What Works And What Doesn't Because Otherwise, If You're Just Looking For Eternal Validation All The Time, You Can Be Motivated By The Wrong Things And I Don't Think It's As Personally Satisfying In Your Own Work.