There is some place where your specialties can shine. Somewhere that difference can be expressed. It's up to you to find it, and you can.

The craziest place I've probably ever visited while filming would have to be Jordan. I did a small test shoot for a test movie. We arrived in Jordan, and we stayed in Amman for a night. Then we drove down for three hours into the middle of the Wadi Rum Desert, which is in the absolute middle of nowhere. It was insane.

I went down to Chicago to try to go into a place called Second City. I auditioned for that and got in pretty quickly, but I couldn't stop partying. They gave me a warning: 'If you do it again, we're gonna kick you off the main stage.'

I never approach a character from a negative place.

German and English firms operate internationally, while French firms do not. The only place where they all have work is in China. Anybody can sell himself in China!

If you create a place where anything can happen, anything will happen.

People move from place to place and job to job, but they no longer need to lose touch.

I use the setting of a small rural Norwegian community - the kind of place that I know so intimately. I could never write a novel set in a big city, because, frankly, I don't know what it would be like.

I don't think you should put all your money in one place. It must be invested in different investments.

I want to go further and make the UK the easiest place in the world to invest in social enterprise.

I didn't want to do 'The Fluffy Puppy Learns to Hold Hands!' or 'Kitty Gets a Box to Play In!' There's a place for that for the little ones - some kids need that stuff. But I'm too dark and sarcastic.

When all is ready, the leaders walk out to the dance place.

The film industry is actually a tough place to survive.