- Everything I know about film-making I learned from watching John Carpenter movies.
- I'm attracted to working in behavioural schools and pupil referral units because people who do bad things are far more interesting than those who do the right thing. You always know what a good person is going to do, they're predictable; people who do bad things on the other hand can go either way, and sometimes they surprise you and do the right thing. Just because someone does bad things doesn't mean they're a bad person and incapable of doing good things. I try to bring that thinking to my characters when writing.
- I want to make commercially viable films that people get to see. I love film as a medium and so I'm not opposed to making small, contained films that focus on character and drama. At the same time, I would be lying to you if I said that I didn't also really want to make big action films where things blow up.
- I'm a big believer in localised film-making. I know Portsmouth, I grew up here, I know what it's like and I can tell a story here and know the environment and the place. If I was to a make a film in London, for example, it would be just in the same old place everyone always sees because that's all I know.
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