I Don't Even Like Football.

I Feel Connected To The Second World War Because My Father Lost His Father In That War. So, Through My Dad And The Effect It Had On Him Of Losing His Father Young, I Always Felt Connected To The War. It Goes Back Years, But It Still Feels To Me As If We're Completely Living In It.

I Was Always Obsessed With Finding Truly Researched Images To Add Authenticity, Out Of That Came Something Totally Contemporary And Modern. Research Is Very Key To My Process Because Over And Over Again, Reality Provides More Interesting Images Than You Could Have Invented.

Nowadays Filmmakers Tend To Recycle The Same Cliches Over And Over Again.

I Think English Film Is Very Embarrassed By Patriotism, Generally.

The Irony Of A Director Going To Film Festivals Is You Never Get To See Any Of The Films.