My advice to anyone adapting a novel is that once they've read it and learnt to understand it, then they must throw it away and never look at it again!

When I finish a film, I put it away and I never look at it again.

You must never throw away things that are worth good money.

I try hard not to preach, but I get carried away, which is a mistake, but it's a risk worth running.

Once you're in the presence of people who have put their lives actively on the line, repeatedly, you're never allowed to complain again. And I do, and we all do. But now I look at things a little differently.

I think trying to be cool is the worst possible ambition - and I have never suffered from it.