I really relate to outsider characters. Especially the eccentric, lunatic weirdos like Alfred Hitchcock, Viktor Navorski in The Terminal, or the Anvi….

I think it's impossible to get any movie made, let alone a character story. Even with big stars, which we had, there were challenges. But we got thro….

I think Alma Reville was the only one Alfred Hitchcock trusted. When it came to issues of taste or what the audience wanted, down to editing, script ….

When you take on Hitchcock you know it's gonna provoke some sort of controversy, because there were so many people talking about the book [Stephen Re….

I love the idea of creative collaboration. I love the idea of exploring marriages, particularly ones that are in process for a long time..

Being English definitely gave me some insight into these eccentric Brits puttering around Hollywood..

Of course, when you're doing something that's unexpected, people are going to have a very specific point of view about it, but I think it's all good ….

Whether it's a guy living in an airport like Viktor Navorski in The Terminal, or Anvil in Toronto, or Alfred Hitchcock who's imprisoned by his succes….

I went to film school and studied Alfred Hitchcock. I knew of Alma Reville existence, but had no idea really who she was or how influential she was o….

The good thing about the Anvil school of filmmaking was that it was fly by the seat of your pants. There was no safety net..

I think everyone who saw Alfred Hitchcock Psycho movie, as I did when I was young, was impacted. The shower scene is nuts. It still is, and I think w….