“I think of myself as being really lucky. I'm going to make the most expensive film there has ever been. 'These things are not like ordinary films they are world events.”
“If you look at the 90 minutes, we were the better side, even with 10 men. We've come away from home and played decent football. We haven't sat back and tried to defend the lead, we've tried to increase it and in the end we've got done by a goal that was good enough to win any game.”
“In a middle-of-the-road English education, the teachers are embattled, the school is a very kind of anarchic place and a very funny place, as well. The anarchy of youth, it is really rich stuff. I loved that. I loved doing the school side of it.”
“Aside from everything else, these are school stories. In a middle-of-the-road English education, the teachers are embattled, the school is a very kind of anarchic place and a very funny place, as well. Where two sets of people ---- one of which is becoming adults and one of which is trying to avoid going back to becoming children ---- clash.”
