So on my screenplay, on the left-hand side of the page, I will put all the ideas that refer to the scene next to it so I have some sort of pictorial reference.

The danger is that if you have a bunch of ideas that you forget to use.

Foxes was a movie that didn't do a lot of business but it didn't do too badly critically and eventually they offered me other things. The interesting thing was that next I tried a film called Star Man, which Michael Douglas was producing.

I was watching Monster's Ball, which is a fabulous movie. It's just a little gem: beautifully shot, and shot in a way I never would have done. It made me feel very old, really, because it wasn't eccentric for its own sake, it was just very original.

I was speaking to Ridley Scott the other day and he makes a film every 18 months. He's amazing really.

I was speaking to Ridley Scott the other day and he makes a film every 18 months. He's amazing really.