I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be.

My autobiography was simply the story of my life.

My father was a certain kind of man - I saw how he treated my mother and his family and how he treated strangers. And I vowed I would never make a film that would not reflect properly on my father's name.

Whatever form they take, families are our most time-honoured settings for giving and receiving love, understanding and nurturing. They can connect us with our past and be the ground for the future through our children. They are places where we stand the best chance of being understood for who we truly are, not what we possess or the power we wield. They can give us meaning in life and hope when the outside world fails us and when we fail.

I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.

So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness.