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Britain is producing some of the worst films in the world. Our film industry is desperate to be part of America, and we just churn out flaccid imitations of bad films over there.

I don't think London has been given enough credit in a lot of the movies that we make here.

It's not simply that British films do well at the box office and generate revenue, it's that they provide a window to the world of what Britain and its culture is about.

It's hard to make a film in Britain. It's hard to raise money. The best stuff that is shot on film in Britain is usually shot on film for television.

I can't always be making 'British films.' Why should we be making films about corsets and horses and girls learning to drive when Americans send over an event movie and make five or 10 million?

Shooting films in Britain is always difficult, because we've never got enough money to make them.

I think it's important that we have a new batch of British film-makers that aren't doing the same old stuff. And that includes me.

Britain has nurtured me and made me able to make movies that have travelled round the world.

The BAFTAs give the British point of view, and the Oscars give the American point of view, but the truth is we're all working in an international industry.