You're In The Lap Of The Gods.

You Just Never Know When Movies Are Going To Take Off Or Not. The Lucky Thing About This Was That It Didn't Cost A Lot Of Money, And Therefore There Wasn't Loads Of Pressure On Me.

Thank God I Don't Live In Los Angeles. I Think If You're There The Whole Time It Just Gets Out Of Proportion And You Lose Touch Completely With Reality.

Children Make You Confront Your Own Childhood. Which I Think Is Common. Suddenly You're Remembering Your Own Parents As Parents, Not To Mention The Fact That You're Confronted By Them As Grandparents. So You Also Have That Terrible Shock, A Mirror Image Of Your Own. You Suddenly Seem To Be So Helpless In The Face Of Young Children. And You Think, "how Did You Ever Bring Up Me?"

The Joy Of A Road Movie Is Its Very Simple Narrative Nature, Which Is That You Know You're Going To Go Through Different Places And You're Going To Meet New People. At The Same Time, You Have To Not Make It Feel Too Obvious And Too Crudely Episodic.

The Perceived Wisdom Is That People Do Not Go In Large Numbers To Black-and-white Movies Anymore - Which Is A Great Shame, But I'd Love To Make A Black-and-white Movie One Day.