Theres A Certain Truth That

I Love Watching The Bond Movies Obviously And I Grew Up Reading The Books As A Kid. I've Always Loved Them Because Of That.

I Say To First Time Filmmakers That When They're Asked, They Should Go To America As You're Far More Likely To Get A Chance.

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

The Most Extraordinary Thing, You'd Be Given Permission For, And Then The Weirdest, Simplest Things, You Just Wouldn't Be Able To Obtain Permissions. And It Would Go On And On And On Forever And Ever, And There Was No Way To Know. You Have To Kind Of Approach It With An Open, Quite Optimistic Mind, No Matter What's Thrown At You, Because It Will Only Ever Result In Damaging The Film If You Let Any Kind Of Despondency Get To You.

It's A Nice Way To Put The Focus Back On This Simple Act... If Someone Creates You.