It wasn't conscious, but I'm glad I've had a slow and steady career path. I wanted to develop my style, and I wanted to be the one making the decisions. Sometimes, when you become a success quickly, those decisions are out of your control.

You want a career. You don't want to do a couple of good films and then your career is over.

I was very, very shy in public and school, and quite loud and brash at home.

I'm tall now, but when I was younger, I used to tower above everyone - I still feel conscious of that.

When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places.

People discuss parenting the way they talk about denominations of faith.

It was a weird reaction to 'Batman Returns,' because half the people thought it was lighter than the first one, and half the people thought it was darker. I think the studio just thought it was too weird - they wanted to go with something more child- or family-friendly. In other words, they didn't want me to do another one.

There's a voice inside children that knows right from wrong. I call it listening to your inner Jiminy Cricket. I tell my daughter, 'If you're thinking this is not the best idea, it probably isn't.'