I love working with ensemble groups of actors.
I like restraint. Even with actors, restraint is something that I work on the most.
Film has its own innate poetry.
I like to keep a calm set.
It's such an intense thing to make a film.
'The Road' reminds me of Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath.'
I love 'Alien' and 'Blade Runner' and '2001.'
Social media, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter - I steer away from them. They're alienating us socially as well as bringing us together.
It's the murkiness of humanity that I find endlessly fascinating.
The last time I played video games was 'Space Invaders.'
It's not awards per se that bother me; it's entirely to do with the impetus they give for marketing a film.
I've learned a lot about getting film sensibilities on digital.
I take very seriously that challenge of trying to do genre films - but elevated genre films.
Unfortunately, I've seen violence, and I think, in films, it is the dramatic extremity of it.
It's great to make strong, powerful films, but in terms of people wanting to finance them, it's also very difficult.
There is a capacity for violence we all harbour, and under certain circumstances, it comes out.
I love strong women.
I think the environment is the biggest threat mankind has ever faced.
I kept hearing about this incredible guy called Tom Hardy. I started watching his work, and I was awestruck - he was amazing.
I have very mixed feelings about big corporations. Oftentimes, they're more troublesome than not.
What's amazing about 'White Heat' is that, even for its time, it's very truthful in the way it deals with violence.
Basically, I frittered away the Nineties making pop videos and being pretty self-indulgent.
I am very keen to do a film that's female-led.
I have always thought of films as stories for the world.
