A lot of cinema is about the game of authenticity - do you feel it's real?

There's this thing about authenticity when you rap, right? Whether or not it's real, it has to feel real.

I very rarely read a script that I don't feel I want to change a lot.

I sort of feel like my job is to be a conduit to opportunities, to maximize the creativity of the day itself - because that's when the cameras are running. That's the important thing to me. Some of these shots you need to think about in advance; you need to have some ideas for them.

Signature film-making seems rather dull to me; it's about finding something you can do something with and running with the ball.

Event cinema is what it is, and I understand why it's successful. It started with things like 'Jaws,' which are extraordinary movies. But what we've lost are great character films which are beautifully directed and had great movie stars in them. Films that were about something rather than about spectacle.