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I can't do a film if I don't start with the writing.

But no one should have the right to manipulate my films in the first place.

I tell people if I want to make a film I just go make it so you can make yours.

If you are going to do a film properly you have to give yourself completely to it.

I got a job as an assistant film editor, which lasted for a few years, but I found writing incredibly difficult, and I thought, 'How am I going to make a film if I can't write?' I didn't really comprehend that someone else would do that bit.

As a filmmaker, you put the film out there, and you just want it to be okay. You don't want to let people down; you don't want to embarrass yourself.

That freedom of writing you don't get in other formats, I'd rather leave it to someone else to deal with the headache of drafting my book into a screenplay.

You don't make a film because the audience is ready for it. You make a film because you have questions that are in your gut.