I'd always wanted to do something about the Second World War, but I didn't want to do another combat film, whether it was air, land, or sea.

- Michael Apted

Music video directors, who conceive, write and direct these works, enjoy no creative rights, receive no ongoing financial benefit from the sale of ou…

- Michael Apted

I'd love to direct commercials on Caribbean beacheswith luscious women rubbing on suntan lotion, but all I get arethese documentary-type things.

- Michael Apted

I had wanted to make a film about World War II for some time, but I didn't really want to do something that was set in the trenches, so to speak.

- Michael Apted

When I joined Granada - which, you don't want to start crying about these things, but Granada was a very, very hot place to be, it was my good fortun…

- Michael Apted

I've never much been interested in doing films that no one gets to see.

- Michael Apted

So I do tend to do documentaries where I can move in and out of them.

- Michael Apted

It takes great skill to tell a compelling story in under 60 seconds. These five directors have mastered the format, using their talent, craft and ima…

- Michael Apted

Now that I can edit the whole thing on AVID and edit the whole thing on tape, maybe I will do the next digitally, because maybe the quality will beco…

- Michael Apted