I Learned With 'the Beach' That I'm

One Of The Things In The Mary Shelley [frankenstein] Is That The Creature Tells His Story, So This Begins With The Creature's Point Of View. So, It Literally Starts With The Creature Opening His Eyes And Is Born - But Is Obviously In His 30s. But Because They're The Creator And The Created We Thought It Would Be Really Interesting If They Could Look At Each Other Every Other Night And Play Each Other's Roles.

To Be A Film-maker, You Have To Lead. You Have To Be Psychotic In Your Desire To Do Something. People Always Like The Easy Route. You Have To Push Very Hard To Get Something Unusual, Something Different.

Directing Is A Mixture Of Compromise And Perfectionism. When You Lose The Judgment Of Which Is More Important At Any Particular Moment, You're Time Is Over. They Find You Out And Send You Packing.

Film Industry Is A Pretty Brutal Business. If You Fall Too Far Behind, All Of The Perfectionism In The World Won't Save You.

You Live Your Life And It Ends Quite Quickly And All You Can Do With It Is Pass It On Decently To Someone Else. Whether Directly Or Indirectly, Behave Decently To Other People.