I'm Of The Opinion That

When You're Directing Something, You Absolutely Have To Be Involved In All Layers Of The Process.

Oftentimes You Walk On Set And Then Suddenly You're In Bed With Someone Who You've Never Met Before.

I Went Through A Mod And Goth-phase When I Decided That I Wouldn't Ever Be The Bronzed Beach-bunny. I Started Going As Pale As I Possibly Could.

We're Growing Up With A Very Illiterate Bunch Of Children Who Have Somehow Been Taught That Film Is Fact When, In Fact, It's Invention. Hopefully, An Historical Film Will Inspire People To Go And Read About The History But In The End It Is A Work Of Fiction And Selection. As For The Armour Itself, No It Wasn't Particularly Comfortable.

What I Find Interesting Is This Ricochet Effect, That The Audience Perceives The Work And Then Does Something With It, Throws It Back To The World, And There's An Ongoing Interaction Between Work And Audience, Which Doesn't Belong To The Artist Anymore - From The Moment You Release It, It Doesn't Belong To Anybody.