Pride [and Prejudice] is my first film with a happy ending. Before, I naively thought they were a cop-out, but now I`ve come to believe that happy endings and wish fulfillment are an incredibly important part of our cultural life.
Every time I make a film, I feel it gives me the chance to learn something new. I`ve been lucky over the past few years. Things have just happened for me.
To me, naturalism is the death of drama. Lee Strasberg came along and the Method f***ed everything up. I find people like Celia Johnson are my favorite actors. I was brought up on films like Brief Encounter, and for me they expressed enormous truth. Marlo...
I couldn`t be a cameraman or a designer or an actor - I have to be a director because I learned how to do that from my dad. Generally, I`ve never known quite how to fit in in civilian life, but on set, making a film, I know exactly where to go, how to beh...
You`ve got these six women - five daughters and Mrs Bennet - all talking over each other, all wanting to be heard and all needing their space. They`ve got to appear real.