I have a problematic relationship with some of Michael Moore's work. There's no such job as a standup journalist.

I'd be thinking, short term, people want comedy, but who's to say where the public's mindset will be a few years from now. In the Cold War people couldn't get enough science fiction.

We're retreating to the film equivalent of macaroni and cheese.

This film is at its best when it is most direct and speaks from the heart, when it shows lives torn apart.

When I was younger, I wasn't necessarily the toughest kid on the block, and I remember that feeling of being scared (of getting bullied). It's a very real feeling and it's not a fun place to be in. I watch my son, Gavin, who's four-and-a-half, get more independent on the play ground, and there are skills I want him to have.

The biggest thing is 'thank you' to everybody in the county. The general public has been very supportive. Team work, that's been the key to the whole thing.