102 Quotes by Steven Knight

I've been banging on about doing stuff in Birmingham for years and years, and everyone says 'We can't, it's the accent thing.' For some reason it's a very difficult accent to get right, harder even than Geordie.

There's nothing wrong with the classic ways of adapting stuff.

There's been a big black hole in the middle of the country as far as TV production goes.

Taboo' certainly isn't a commentary on other types of period drama. It's just a different way of tackling one.

I remember going to Birmingham City matches as a kid and there were these other kids in Small Heath who had their own odd, partly Scouse accent.

I think it's always good not to listen to what the rules are supposed to be about the arc of the character and the third acts and all this stuff.

Locke' is a different way of making a film as well as being a different sort of film.

There are so many rules about how you make a film and so many conventions that you can and can't do. I think people have forgotten that they are just rules that were invented for convenience - sometimes it is more convenient not to obey the rules.

Locke' was sort of myself trying to find out if you could give yourself the maximum number of obstacles to make enough drama and seeing if you could do it.