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" I used to live in Pillgwenlly, and there was this old Italian pizzeria that used to be there with a really amazing character who ran it. "

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" My interest in filmmaking was always very much the visuals and images. "

" My family didn't film anything. But then you look deeper and realize, maybe there are photographs, there are things. It's also context: You give something a context, and suddenly it becomes really deep or meaningful footage. "

" The subjects have to come with questions for me. I don't make films where I'm a massive fan. "

" On 'Senna,' it got to the point where there was so much footage that our first editor had the wild suggestion that we only use the archive. "

" We want to make movies for the big screen. We want people to go to the theater and feel like they're watching a movie. "

" There are no drivers like Formula One drivers. They are engineers, in a way. They are driving manual cars one-handed at 200 miles per hour around streets in Monaco. These cars use the ultimate in technology. "

" Weirdly enough, I live in London - was born there and have lived there all my life - but I hadn't made a film in London for a long time. I hadn't found the right subject. I liked going away, to some far flung place. "

" I lived in Camden, Primrose Hill and Kentish Town for 10 years. "

" The Tour de France would make a great movie. Drugs, corruption, political chicanery, guys risking their lives - everything you need for a great sports drama. "

" You don't have to be someone who likes walking a tightrope across the Twin Towers to watch 'Man On Wire.' "

" There's this great TV show we have called 'Later... with Jools Holland', a live-music show on Friday nights. Anyone and everyone's been on it. "

" A lot of the time when I'm working, I'm abroad. "

" My films often have a spiritual dimension which comes from my Muslim background, and I'm happy to tackle that in cinema. "

" A big part of my filmmaking is that I can go somewhere new and, visually, be excited by it. "

" To be teammates in Formula One actually means you are first rivals, not really mates. "

" We were working on 'Senna' for a long time before we were fully financed, so we didn't actually have an editor for a while. "

" As a kid, I thought movies were boring. My parents would hire VHS recorders for the weekend and watch Bollywood movies. I'd get bored and go out to Stoke Newington common to play football. "

" I don't have these crazy deadlines. I don't have this, 'Oh it's got to be out tomorrow.' I don't like working like that. "

" I never know going in if I've even got a movie to make. Once you start making a film, you hope there's going to be enough material! My job as a director is always to push for more. "

" I wanted to make a film that wouldn't just appeal to Formula One fans. That's what the great sports documentaries do - 'Hoop Dreams,' 'When We Were Kings' - they're human dramas first, sport second, if at all. "

" I made several short films with very little dialogue. I'm still not a fan of talking heads. My stories are told with images as much as possible. "