It's incredibly easy as a director to be egotistical. Of course, it is because you have 200 people on set every day listening to your every word and ….

With directing, your day is done. When you hit seven o'clock, it's "Cut." That's what it is. For better or worse, that's what you've got and you have….

In terms of magnifying it and making it plausible, I'm a great believer in truth in comedy..

To me, there was an interesting movie to be made about two people who had been on that whirlwind romance and what happens after the fairy tale weddin….

You sit down in the morning on your own to write something. You get to the end of the day and it's not like you've cracked it and it's finished and i….

It's tough to make funny films. And the truth is, with this process, especially if you write your own movie, then you're giving three years of your l….

My casting process was slightly different and slightly interesting insofar as I knew everybody could act. That's something you've seen. You know peop….

So, as opposed to getting people in to read the script and read scenes with me, what I wanted to do was sit down and chat to these people and just sa….

I learned that I enjoy directing a lot more than I enjoy writing, which is interesting, because writing is lonely and infamous basically..

I think improvisation is really crucial in terms of making things feel real and authentic..

I don't want to sound arrogant and say that I know everything about directing and I've got it cracked, but it was just all in all a joyous experience….

I think actors like to be directed. Actors like to know where they're headed and what they want, so I'm very encouraging..

I've been on lots of film sets. I've produced films and written films and been around, so it wasn't my first rodeo in terms of that stuff. Nothing pa….

I know what I want. I try and convey that at the beginning and set that out, but within those parameters, I'm very happy for them to experiment and t….

I like to foster an atmosphere on set of collaboration and openness and risk taking. The beauty is when you have such brilliantly talented people as ….

And then, movie-wise, I'm writing a couple of things. They're all comedies. It's the only way I know. I'm also being sent scripts, which is really ni….