I'd Love To Do A Cop Film

Brian Cox Is The Nicest Guy, But He's So Arrogant.

The Most Extraordinary Thing, You'd Be Given Permission For, And Then The Weirdest, Simplest Things, You Just Wouldn't Be Able To Obtain Permissions. And It Would Go On And On And On Forever And Ever, And There Was No Way To Know. You Have To Kind Of Approach It With An Open, Quite Optimistic Mind, No Matter What's Thrown At You, Because It Will Only Ever Result In Damaging The Film If You Let Any Kind Of Despondency Get To You.

The Great Thing About Space Films Generally, With The Exception Of Apollo 13, Is That Big Stars Tend Not To Work In Space And I Think That's Because Space Is An Equaliser. It Makes Everyone The Same Really And Suits An Ensemble Cast And Actors Who Are Prepared To Work With Each Other.

The Extraordinary Thing About India Is That It's Such A Family Place. It's Full Of Families Everywhere.

I Always Wanted To Make This Film Or Another Film. I Thought The Worst Thing You Could Do Was To React To Slumdog's Success In Some Way. I Thought It Would Be Really Foolish.