Movies are different from real life.

If the goal is to get the best artists actors and filmmakers in the world to create the best movies Hollywood does a decent job. And I think no one would disagree with me that it also makes a ton of bad movies and employs a bunch of hacks.

I don't blame folks for not wanting to put me in their movies or whatever. I understand if their audiences had an association with me.

Hollywood has the idea that movies have to be dumb. But especially movies for or about teenagers have to be really dumb!

Jet was very busy. I've been inspired by a lot of his movies.

It's something I never dreamed I'd be doing making movies.

The thing about the UK is we don't really make that many great movies.

And if people come up and say they like the movies you're in it's a great compliment.

I had a daughter who was 9 years old and I had the feeling I wasn't going to be a real parent if I didn't quit making movies for a while and spend time with her. I also felt that I'd made enough movies and said what I had to say at the time.

I loved old black and white movies especially the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals. I loved everything about them - the songs the music the romance and the spectacle. They were real class and I knew that I wanted to be in that world.