“This seems quite good, a bit familiar.’ Then I realise … It’s one of my movies. It’s a pretty odd feeling.”

If you’d been where I’d been… if you’d seen the things I’d seen!… you… you’d be me… Or someone following me around.

Have a go. Anybody can do it.

I was once described by one of my critics as an aesthetic fascist.

I’m a pluralist. I’ve always argued that as many different films as possible should be made.

Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it’s quite fine.

A Great Movie Evolves when Everybody Has the Same Vision in Their Heads.

The films that I do tend to polarise people’s views.

I’ve always been completely autocratic. I’ve never learned to be diplomatic or democratic.

Personally I am very much against the death penalty for several reasons.

Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with.

Film-making is a physically hard job.

I always argued against the auteur theory; films are a collaborative art form.

I turn on the TV sometimes, start watching something and think.

A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is.

I’m always afraid someone’s going to tap me on the shoulder one day and say, ‘Back to North London’.

Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black and white movie.

PimpCo is a little business I’ve got, which basically offers drummers the affordable opportunity to make their drums that little bit more bespoke.

The horrible truth is that I am lazy and I am going to write and do bits that just hand themselves to me.

The only problem – once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit.

if you wanna drink a little bit y’know get your sing-a-long on, come and see the Dropkick Murphys and have a good time.

The older I’ve gotten, the more I’ve realized what a true friend really is. So my friendship circle has changed a bit.

It took us five hours to reach Tokyo, but I wasn’t bored one bit. I didn’t really get to hear so much about Nana. But I knew I would have loved… To hear what Nana had to say about herself. – Nana Komatsu

A person has to be by himself a little bit. We weren’t born in a flock. Togetherness drives me out of my mind.

That moment I felt a bit like crying. I don’t really know why. Nana’s hand felt so warm that it even warmed my heart.