The way America appreciates cinema is different from anywhere in the world. It’s celebrated and supported. I don’t just mean by the individuals, but financially as well people are throwing money at certain projects.

It’s an old story, really: seduced and corrupted, in the end, by an obsessive love for the text.

a more accurate reflection of trends in our schools.

The growth targets by the federal government have doubled,

The way America appreciates cinema is different from anywhere in the world. It's celebrated and supported. I don't just mean by the individuals, but financially as well people are throwing money at certain projects.

Reading scripts is actually quite a relaxing part of the job. Strangely relaxing. This is a whole different ball game.

Certain jobs [films] are for the business really, because they get an audience, they get a global audience. Certain jobs are as an artist. If I can keep moving forward and strike some form of balance between them two, then I'm going to feel content.

I'd fight tooth and nail to protect our high academic standards and to ensure sound science is protected in our classrooms.

If I'm among my boys or people I've grown up with, I can be immature.

I feel like I've grown up on screen quite a lot.