I remember being in China and realising how irrelevant not even Britain is, but also Europe. We're just another remote country that hardly impinges on some places at all.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I hate this argument that says little Britain or something outside, or Britain is part of a wider Europe. We can both be within our trading relationships within Europe but we can also be a fantastic global trader.
Contemporary Britain seems an endlessly fascinating place to me - but if I knew a little bit more about other places, and other times, maybe it wouldn't.
Although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears.
In this day and age, the U.S. and Europe do not have the luxury of focusing solely on a single region.
They don't think we're in touch with modern Britain, or understand modern Britain or like modern Britain.
Britain has nurtured me and made me able to make movies that have travelled round the world.
I do more work in Britain than I do anywhere else in the world.
I do not share the half-in, half-out attitude to the EU of some in Britain. Britain's place is in Europe.
Britain's such a twisted, weird little place.
I'll put it frankly - Britain has more influence in China than Norway or Switzerland, with all respect for the other countries.