You can't develop a great car and sell it as an independent. You can develop a great car and make a deal with Mercedes.
The idea that the Tony committee and the New York theater community as a whole have embraced 'Billy Elliot' is very, very exciting.
Mike Leigh and Ken Loach are the people I look up to. They are quality film-makers making interesting, controversial, ground-breaking movies with very little eye on the marketplace.
There's so much competition for leisure time, more than ever.
Apart from 'Stoned,' I can't think of a film that's made me think, 'Blimey, that should have been at Cannes.'
'Billy Elliot' embodies the idea that anyone can achieve anything regardless of their socio-economic background.
It is rare that you read scripts that genuinely move you and make you feel that, regardless of the commercial possibilities, you have to make the film.
You never get time at Working Title, sadly, to enjoy any film's success, because you're worrying about the next lot.
'Billy Elliot' prides itself on being a family show, and it made sense to specifically cater to a family audience with an earlier evening curtain time.
With 'Anna Karenina,' I just think it's a stunning visual tour de force for a director who is at the top of his game.
Technical problems are like gremlins. They come and go.
My theory is, I don't know how long it's going to be, five or ten years, there will be only two ways to see a movie, and that will either be on your computer through your TV screen or in the cinema, end of story. There will be no DVD; that's it - simple.
Making movies is like herding cats.
I think it would be a good thing in the creative community if there was less embarrassment of this word 'commercial' because that's how you make a business.
For us in England, the relative value of the pound against the dollar, that has a huge impact on how easy it is to get our films made in the U.K.
The more you keep costs down, the more freedom you have creatively.
It's fantastic to see 'Les Miserables' become the top-grossing film at the U.K. box office.
Film is not a national business. It's international. And its centre will always be Hollywood.
The U.K. needs more first class studio space to encourage the growth of the film and TV sector.
'No Country for Old Men' was epic.
