35 Quotes by James Watkins

We think criminality is something that exists in somehow another world to us. But actually, there is an invisible criminal web in which we are all enveloped.

If you look around in London, there is a lot of dirty money. People see it as a safe haven: a bolthole to rely on if they are criminal or politically exposed in their own country.

I do love a dark movie.

There's nothing worse in television than what I call 'poor man's Jerry Bruckheimer.'

There are a lot of horror films out there that are nasty, but what's nasty isn't necessarily scary.

Parents fear for their children. Absolutely, I think it's a deep and troubling theme to explore.

People like to see their lives mythologized in some way.

Directing is an act of interpretation.

As a screenwriter, you are so used to things going in directions that you wouldn't have taken, so to be able to say, 'This is how I intended it, this is how I want to shoot it, and these are the decisions that I'll live by,' I think directing is a logical conclusion of mine.