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I wrote a play for Miu Miu called 'The Moment Is the Present, That's Why It's Called a Gift.' Instead of doing a catwalk show, all the actors wore the clothes and performed a 20-minute play. ”
I love the South Bank: every era of architecture is there, and you can stop, look, and listen. ”
What's great about the way 'Shame''s been received is that I kept on thinking there's no way this film will be received well since I've had such a good time. ”
Eddie Marsan is just my favourite actor of all time. I love everything he's been in, so it's a dream come true to work with him. ”
I'm a writer of fiction. I try to write about my time, but it's dangerous if I'm seen as an investigative writer. I manipulate and change and control. ”
A birthday is just another day where you go to work and people give you love. Age is just a state of mind, and you are as old as you think you are. You have to count your blessings and be happy. ”
My films are of paramount importance to me, the same as my family. That's not going to change. This is a balance I have to strike throughout my life. ”
I think it's important for an actor to see the work they've done because every time you revisit a work you come up with a new way of improving it. It's a good way to brush up your craft and your skills, so I think it's a good thing to do, keep seeing your films. ”
When I was a graduate student, I actually took a course in development economics and I thought it was the most boring thing in the world. ”
This is why universities, and civil society more generally, are so important for a democracy like ours, founded on a genuine idealism that we have a hard time holding on to. They provide a space to question whatever we are doing in the name of things we say we believe in or might believe in. ”