I find it comforting not knowing new films, not knowing what's happening out there. (2003)

There are a number of years where you feel like you have to be a whore, be seen, flap your jaws, make small talk, meet the new hot filmmakers, know who's runni…

What comes to my head is a simple, beautiful line from a Van Morrison song: It's a hard road, Daddy-o. That line always kills me. The shit you put yourself thr…

Maybe I'm a dummy, but I don't worry that a lot of my films haven't had big results at the box office, because I'm not a businessman. Believe me, I would love …

'I have no problem with nudity. My friend Ewan and I are starkers in most of our films.'

Most people choose movies that provide exactly what they expect, and tell them things they already know. Others are more curious. We are put on this planet onl…

You need one of those slave-driving old studio bosses if you ask me, not a sensitive graduate who went into movies because he liked the clouds in Antonioni and…