I think it's important that we have a new batch of British film-makers that aren't doing the same old stuff. And that includes me..

I couldn't tell you the ratio, but probably for every job you see me do, there would be 20 rejections..

People can criticise me all day long. It just washes off me. You might as well be talking to a wall..

I'm always writing, but directing takes priority over everything, unless the acting is a job that lifts that whole brand. If I get a part in a big fi….

I don't like doing things that are too easy..

I think most people, no matter their status now, have big screen TVs, because they're the standard TVs now. And so why would you go to the cinema?.

I think one thing my mother always instilled in me was a sense of individuality. Being an only child, I never thought I had to rely on anyone. I was ….

I asked my media teacher, "You can make films out of sequence?" and he was like "Yeah! You can do whatever you want." I just started to write because….

I think the British industry is set up to support British film, if we make films that enable them to support it. If you don't make a commercial film,….

I'm just who I am. I don't try to change myself for other people..

I'm a nice guy to anyone I meet, until they show me they don't deserve niceness. I'll turn very quickly. But I'm pretty pleasant overall..

You'll never see me in any of the tabloids because I've made a conscious effort to stay out of that. I'm not interested in fame. I'm interested in ha….

I think that's important for all ages, to not be afraid of being an individual. I grew up on my own, as an only child, so early on I think I was quit….

What I want to do is make things that I think people want to watch. I'm a film fan, so I think I'm in touch with other film fans and that they might ….

I allowed the actors to have freedom and sometimes change words if they needed to or thought that another word was more current..

You have to show the negative to show the positivity that comes from it..

I just started to write because I was fed up of not seeing the stories that I wanted, so I was like “Stop moaning and write something.”.

After Kidulthood, I was called in to a meeting and told that I didn't write women very well. I was very annoyed..

I'm always willing to work that little bit harder to achieve what I need to achieve because I feel like it's a blessing for me to be here. I was neve….

As an actor, director or writer you never want to be doing one thing. To show that diversity and be able to do more than one thing, and to play diffe….

When I wrote 'Kidulthood,' I didn't even know there was going to be a 'Kidulthood.' I just wanted to test myself to see if I could write a script..