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 ….

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

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..

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….

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….

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….

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….

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….

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….

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 ….

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

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….

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

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….

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

[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'….

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

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….

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 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, ….

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