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" Are we the first hominids? I really, really, really doubt it. "

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" I'm fundamentally a positive person. Otherwise, I wouldn't be doing some of the insane movies that I do. "

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" I'm agnostic because I went through the usual process of parents insisting you go to church, and yet they didn't. So there's me, sitting in the chairs, thinking, 'Jeez, why am I here? I'd rather be playing tennis, seriously.' "

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" When you're at a certain point in your time - age, that is, when you're older - you start to realize that, actually, what you leave behind you does count, and so you start to become fundamentally aware of your own destiny, which sounds very grand. It's not grand at all, actually. "

" Audiences are smarter than ever; they know if filmmakers cheat an environment. "

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" I come out of TV. I come out of live television, BBC drama: that's where I started first as a designer, then a director. Then I went independent TV, then television advertising. "

" I grew up in the North of England at a time when Stirling Moss was a hero. Everyone wanted to be a racing driver. "

" There's still a lot of investors wondering what to invest in. And, of course, I think entertainment looks attractive when you read the few films that make these insane amounts of money. What they don't know is they don't always do that. "

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" Everyone is tearing each other apart in the name of their personal god. And the irony is, by definition, they're probably worshiping the same god. "

" In science fiction, we're always searching for new frontiers. We're drawn to the unknown. "

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