I used to stay up all night playing 'Resident Evil 2,' and it wouldn't stop until the sun came up. Then I'd walk outside at dawn's first light, looking at the empty streets of London, and it was like life imitating art. It felt like I'd stepped into an actual zombie apocalypse.

I think it's good to have pressure on yourself. The worst crime is to get kind of really complacent.

'Don't Look Now' is a masterpiece. I think it's the best-edited movie of all time. I adore it.

There are plenty of movies that you need to chew on a bit. Movies that you return to and see something different in the second time around.

If you go back to your home town or you're reunited with school friends, its always slightly bittersweet because as much as there's nice things in terms of seeing them again, the town has changed without you, and you're no longer a part of it.

I think you write the film that you want to see, and you try and do it honestly, and you can't control people's responses, really.

Maybe directors who are more interested in realism and naturalism come from cities, where they see things on their doorstep every day. But growing up as a kid in a very pretty but ever-so-slightly boring town, where not a great deal happened, encouraged me to be more escapist, more imaginative, and more of a daydreamer.

I'm a big believer in keeping the stage directions really tight.

Tony Scott, Walter Hill, Michael Mann - I'm a big action fan, full stop. And even though Michael Mann is the more celebrated film-maker than Tony Scott, I love them both in different ways.