"I just do things because I fancy the parts and the directors."

“It is perfectly possible to be a professional director or a professional writer and not to be an artist: merely a sort of executor of other people's ideas.”

“Both as a filmmaker and as a fan I love the behind-the-scenes stuff, I like it even more than deleted scenes frankly. Especially when you're happy with the movie and you're proud of it, those deleted scenes give you also a sense of the making of the film and the process through which you end up with the final product.”

Source : Source: collider.com

“Of course, I did lots of what would be called graphic design now, what used to be called commercial art.”

“I've become more confident as I have got older. I care less what others think.”

Source : "Helen McCrory: 'Most of the attention I get is from younger men'" by Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. April 13, 2013.

“Most everyone seems willing to be a fool himself, but he can't bear to have anyone else one.”

“If you want to be productive, follow leads and dig. Whether it is for oil, gold or information, it requires action - your action. Question authority. Do it yourself.”

Source : "Helping People Doctor Themselves". Interview with Richard A. Passwater, wholefoodsmagazine.com. January 18, 2013.

“Stories are the wildest things of all. Stories chase and bite and hunt.”

“You learn something every day, unless you're careful.”