I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me.

Anyone who's made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. You never stop learning about film.

I think for me, the showdown was when my granddaughter's class asked me to come and show the film and I was embarrassed to show the normal version, ... So I cobbled together a version of the whole movie, the whole novel, and I remember looking at it and wondering, 'Why did I ever cut this down?'

I remember teachers who really singled me out for their discouragement.

To make great movies, there is an element of risk. You have to say, 'Well, I am going to make this film, and it is not really a sure thing.'

I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.