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

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.

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.

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.

I have always thought we should think less about the British film industry as an entity, and more about getting British talent working.

For British cinema to survive, you really need a British film culture, and it's got to start down there, with young kids watching films in the cinema - so they can be transported to a different world.

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

I don't know why British actors are getting big parts in American TV shows. Maybe it's because we're cheap.

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.

I think the British industry is set up to support British film, if we make films that enable them to support it. If you don't make a commercial film, distributors can't get behind it. If they don't get behind it, the film doesn't do well.