Nowadays people don't know how to handle it if all the ends aren't tied up and they're not told what to think in films. And if they're challenged, they think it's something wrong with the film.

It's really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves.

When there's an adult person who's scaring you, you grow up pretty quickly.

I love a film where I get squished by two dumpsters or I fly through the air.

I think you can be as big as you like as long as you mean it. I really do.

I come more to Scotland than I ever used to, so I feel more connected to it, more part of the zeitgeist. You know when you realize you have a choice and I'm choosing my homeland. It's funny: when you get older these things creep up to you.