When I've gone back to work, it's always with that sense of inevitability. That may be a complete delusion, but it's the one that I need to get out of bed and go about my business. That sense that I…

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I see a lot of movies. I love films as a spectator, and that's never...

I see a lot of movies. I love films as a spectator, and that's never...

The whole thing of weight, I guess it's because there is a wider fascination we...

The whole thing of weight, I guess it's because there is a wider fascination we...

If people take an interest in you and they think there's half a chance, they...

If people take an interest in you and they think there's half a chance, they...

I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so its no problem for...

I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so its no problem for...

I think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that...

I think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that...

At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the...

At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the...

Everybody has to know for themselves what they're capable of.

Everybody has to know for themselves what they're capable of.

I don't know what impression you might have of the way I live. I live...

I don't know what impression you might have of the way I live. I live...

There must've been some part of me that wanted to make my mark. But there...

There must've been some part of me that wanted to make my mark. But there...

I'm very often still very much alive for that other being and that other world...

I'm very often still very much alive for that other being and that other world...

I suppose the place where I live is fairly remote, it would seem remote to...

I suppose the place where I live is fairly remote, it would seem remote to...

I hate wasting people's time.

I hate wasting people's time.

I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.

I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.

I made the film in spite of Harvey, not because of Harvey.

I made the film in spite of Harvey, not because of Harvey.

There's nothing worse than finding yourself in a situation, a very demanding piece of work,...

There's nothing worse than finding yourself in a situation, a very demanding piece of work,...

Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence...

Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence...

I find it easier to work when it's quiet.

I find it easier to work when it's quiet.

How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the...

How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the...

You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled...

You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled...

Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is...

Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is...