There's A Difference Between Failures And Things

People Are Sort Of Numb To Watching Violence, But Sexual Activity Is Still As Strong As It Ever Was In Terms Of Generating Response.

The Best Set Was Probably 'bloody Sunday.' We Had No Money For Extras And Gambled On Months Of Outreach To Persuade The People Of Derry To Turn Out And March For Us On One Single Afternoon. And They Did. In Their Tens Of Thousands. Seeing Them March, Their Patience And Their Dignity And Their Commitment, I Knew The Movie Would Have A Quality Of Truth.

I Never Leave The Writer Behind, Because You Rewrite The Movie In Post, Or At Least I Do. I Always Do, And I Feel Like Anybody Who Doesn't At Least Explore That Possibility Is Short-changing Themselves. Editing Is The Most Fun And Most Exciting Part Of The Process.

To Me The Director’s Job Is To Leave It In Better Shape Than You Found It, Literally.

In Nature, If A Cell Gets Too Big, It Divides. You Can't Come Up With A Set Of Rules That's Going To Work For 350 Million People. You're Just Not.