Rupert Murdoch is in bed with Cameron. Of course they want to kill the BBC... anybody who is in the way.

People don't want to read subtitles.

Maybe there is something specifically Scandinavian that comes out of the long, dark winters - you have to learn to laugh at misery, in a way.

Of course, working with Halle Berry is fantastic. Every day, you're looking at a performance that you would be prepared to pay to watch. She's truly great and truthful, and it's a joy.

The first time I did a big American film, I was surprised by all the different financiers who came to the set and told the director what to do.

It's good to pay high taxes - you have free schools, free universities. It's a much more decent society than those where everybody pays their own way, and some people don't get anything.