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My parents used to rent old movies - my whole childhood is in black and white - and it was my dream to make films.

Perhaps I am old-fashioned, but black and white films still hold an affectionate place in my heart; they have an incomparable mystique and mood.

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.

I am more of an old black and white movies fan.

I loved old movies as a kid, so I always watched old movies.

My mom took me to see Carnal Knowledge and The Wild Bunch and all these kind of movies when I was a kid.

One aspect of my mum's personality that has influenced me is her love of Hollywood and the golden era of black-and-white films.

What I think is remarkable about my mum and dad is they had no interest in films, really. None.

I can't stop watching black and white movies. I live in a world of Warner Brothers movies and all of that stuff from an older era, and I love them. I still love them. When I look at them, I sometimes think I was born in the wrong time.

I grew up on Mel Brooks films. That was film to me until I got a little bit older and realised there were other kinds of movies.