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I Don't Want To Make Pompous, Serious Films; I Like Films That Have A Kind Of Vivacity About Them.

We Want To See Drama Told In A Cathartic Way, With Power, With Emotion Where You Empathize And Then You're Frightened. All Those Feelings Charge Up In You And You Feel For The Story.

Most Films That I Do, Whether Successful Or Not, Just Fade Away. They Have Their Moment In The Sun, Then They Are Gone. 'trainspotting' Did Not, And Especially With Journalists. So Whenever I Launched A New Film, I'd End Up Talking About 'trainspotting.'

You Can't Tell Someone They Are Wrong About Their Own Life.

If The American Taxpayer Knew How Much They Paid Per Person To Put Neil Armstrong On The Moon They Would Never Have Paid It. It Was Hidden From Them Deliberately Because The Costs Were Astronomical.