I get so used to working with writers that my prime occupation is development.

People say I pay too much attention to the look of a movie but for God's sake, I'm not producing a Radio 4 Play for Today, I'm making a movie that people are going to look at.

I do a pretty good job at casting actually.

Do what you haven't done is the key, I think.

Digital is a different world because you are sitting at home and a hi tech piece of equipment today is within reach of most people, so they are watching a pretty hi tech version of whatever you've done.

Politics is very interesting and always leads to conflict.

Same thing with film, by the time you've finished shooting and you've really been into everything, you've touched up everything in the editing room. You've gone in there and taken little bits from everything.

Some people like to do everything always the same thing. That's another way: To do the same thing.

I knew exactly what to do on Alien, it was funny.