I always say, 'I really need to take a break.' It's three days in and I'm getting pretty bored.
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Actually, to be honest, this is a useful time to not be knowing what I'll be doing in 2013 or 2014, because really, for the last however many years, I've known what I've been doing for years and years ahead. You get into a cycle of non-reflection, and that gets a bit scary.
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I categorically resist this idea that films are supposed to be autobiographical and the only stories you tell are about your own life.
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They're a redefinition of boredom... the most important thing you need to know about an awards show is where is the nearest smoking opportunity.
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You go through a process of refinement and getting rid of the excesses of your early youth in terms of your excitement about what theatre can do.
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I have never been motivated by money in my life. You can't make choices based on what the financial return might be.
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One of the great joys of my job is that you spend a huge amount of time investigating different areas of literature.
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Well, there are three different processes of making a film, of course. They're sort of re-written three times. You write it to start with, and then you shoot it and you re-write it while shooting and you sort of re-write it as you edit.
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Every now and then I have to teach directing. The thing about the theatre is that the most important thing you can do as a director is to make sure that everybody is in the same world - you have to create the world and make sure everyone buys into it.
