The Problem With Being British...

One Of The Things In The Mary Shelley [frankenstein] Is That The Creature Tells His Story, So This Begins With The Creature's Point Of View. So, It Literally Starts With The Creature Opening His Eyes And Is Born - But Is Obviously In His 30s. But Because They're The Creator And The Created We Thought It Would Be Really Interesting If They Could Look At Each Other Every Other Night And Play Each Other's Roles.

People Say You Never Remember Anybody Who Dies In Movies, And It's True, You Don't. You Don't Even Remember People Who Disappear. Although The Moment That It Happens Might Be Terribly Sad And Moving, Five Minutes Later, If You're Asked To Remember That Person, You Go, "oh Right, Yeah, Yeah!" 'cause You're Just Moving Forward.

I Find It Difficult Enough Being Called "mr. Boyle," Which As I Age I'm Increasingly Called.

Always Changing Genres, Making Very Different Films Is A Good Idea. It's A Way Of Making Yourself Feel Vulnerable Again, Getting Back To That Innocence. As Is Working Within A Circumspect Budget.

I Made This Film 'the Beach,' Which Didn't Take Place In A City, And It Didn't Really Suit Me.