In terms of how [Allied] looks, it's fantastic and much better than I had hoped because it's so lush and so beautifully executed..

Sometimes you take something because it's an offer and it's big and it's good money and you have to absolutely respect that process, because it's not….

I spoke to Tom's [Hardy] manager and said, "While we're talking about Taboo, do you mind if I also mention this film project that I've got, which is ….

The sandstorm, which I think is an absolute triumph, could have been awkward. It's sex in a car, so who knows. And I think the rooftops look fantasti….

True stories are always good because they're so odd, and so unlikely..

You work, especially in the movie business more than in TV, but you have an environment where people feel obliged to have an input because that's wha….

I like to create a character where you believe, deep down, that they don't really care if they live or die. That's very liberating for the character ….

I think people are drawn to characters that break the rules. I think there is something about a good person doing bad things for what they consider t….

I've realized that the only thing I'm interested in is the performance. If the performance is right, then I'm happy. You offer up the dialogue and th….

It's always good to have a world that people don't know about - a world that hasn't yet been done. It's like treading on fresh snow. You're the first….

The story [of Allied] stayed with me, like a stray dog outside the office, waiting..

There's more to come. Series 4 [of Peaky Blinders] is coming soon. But I'm proud of making my hometown, which is considered to be completely unfashio….

I was 21, when I heard the story that inspired this [thriller Allied], and I wasn't even a screenwriter then..

No screenplay is possible, unless you get some attachment from somebody who's going to get it made..

[The Girl in the Spider's Web] can't be anything other than a sequel, but a couple of books have been skipped, so it is different, in that sense. It'….

There's lots of different ways of writing stuff and lots of different mindsets to have, but I think when it's your own creation, it's more pleasurabl….

When you're watching, I find two things happen. You either watch a film and it's really good and then you think, "Why can't I do that?" Or you watch ….

The story [of Allied ] itself is the story I wrote, and that's what's great about Bob [Zemeckis ]. You have meetings, but it's meetings for clarity, ….

It has to be an actress like Marion Cotillard [in Allied] because there are so many levels to it. It's set in the Second World War, when lots of peop….

I always thought it would never happen. And then, it became possible. In between commissions, I wrote it as an original screenplay [Allied]..

Whenever I see a cut of a film and something is gone, I don't notice it unless it obviously should have been kept..