One of the traditions of film acting is a sort of mumbled realism. Be minimal, and do less. 'Even less than that.'
I haven't got anything against films that are about the minutia of relationships or customs, but I love extremes.
Film industry is a pretty brutal business. If you fall too far behind, all of the perfectionism in the world won't save you.
Everybody expects you to be qualified to talk about your films, but in a way, you're the least qualified person to talk about them. When you're finished, you don't watch them at all.
I always wanted to make this film or another film. I thought the worst thing you could do was to react to Slumdog's success in some way. I thought it would be really foolish.
I don't want to make pompous, serious films.
I'd love to do a cop film in America. That's a genre I absolutely adore.
Theres a certain truth that you do end up making the same film again and again so if you vary the genre you have a chance of breaking that cycle.
Its easy to like the most popular films, but I have a great fondness for A Life Less Ordinary.
