What I was interested in was exactly where our breaking point is. What point at which we are pushed over the line.

So on my screenplay, on the left-hand side of the page, I will put all the ideas that refer to the scene next to it so I have some sort of pictorial reference.

Well, I think just the fact that you are making your first film is a huge step.

You never cut your losses. You can't.

The other thing is that I'm interested in relationships, but the sex is what people tend to remember in my movies.

What I think is interesting is that the more you do, you have to invent a book of rules of what you can do and what you can't do. And the very real danger is that if your book of rules becomes a book of cliches.

Well, Brief Encounter is certainly one of my top five favorites of all time. I looked at Brief Encounter very closely, to be honest.

Their every instinct - and I have to say this is without exception - is to iron out the bumps, and It's always the bumps that are the most interesting stuff.

The danger is that if you have a bunch of ideas that you forget to use.