I Work Best When There

I've Always Loved America.

I Grew Up With A Lot Of Hollywood Films. Cozy Farm Houses, Cowboys, Nice Flats In New York. Especially As A Kid, Those Things Have A Huge Impression On You.

I Always Get Quite Close To My Script Because I Work Quite Hard On Them.

I Can't Remember Why Or How I Started Writing, But I Think It Was Always A Way Of Making Sense Of The World.

I Wonder Whether My Bleak-o-meter Is Set Differently From Other People's. I Have Such Passion For What I Do That I Can't See It As Bleak. When People Use That Word, Or “grim” Or “gritty,” I Just Think, “oh, Come On, Look A Bit Deeper.” My Films Don't Give You An Easy Ride. I Can See That. The Sense I Get Is That People Have Quite A Physical Experience With Them. They Feel Afterwards That They've Really Been Through Something.