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

As I get older, I'm looking more and more for films that are actually about something rather than just narrative vehicles.

I don't think comedy is necessarily an attack. It's finding humour in life. I don't think if you're making a joke about something you're automatically demeaning it.

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.

Photography is about finding things. And painting is different - it's about making something.

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