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" On Lock, Stock, we didn't know where the money for shooting the next day was coming from. "

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" My principal job is to make interesting and entertaining films, and I'm not proud of which format or which particular technique I use. I just wanted the film to look good. "

" In fact, 95% of the people in my films have been nothing less than a pleasure to work with. "

" I like to think that we've got a plan, so let's stick to it. That said, once we've stuck to it, we're allowed as much improvisation as anyone cares to indulge themselves in. "

" They're all based on factual characters. Well, a good amount of them. That's why I was attracted to this genre anyways, because these characters are so large and cartoonish, they're like caricatures, I just felt that there had to be a film made about them. "

" Yeah, I'm certainly a lot more confident on this one than I was one the last one, which I think can be a good thing and a bad thing. But, at least I slept while making this film. "

" After Lock, Stock, all these really nasty small town characters came knocking at my door trying to tell me stories, and somehow I ended up with this guy whose brother was feeding people to pigs, and that's what he did to get rid of people. "

" I'm not under too much of an illusion of how smart or un-smart I am because filmmaking ultimately is about teamwork. "

" We always have a take that's 'one for fun', so once you've got what you need, you can do what you like. Something does occasionally pop out of that tree. I'm always open to ideas. "

" Other than the fact that I like a country house, I can't think of anything I'd want to spend my money on. "

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" Well, what I try to do is throw as much mud on the wall as I possibly can and just see what sticks, what shines as quirky or more interesting that the others, and I try to cling onto that one, somehow join a link from there to there. "

" It's not easy to strap yourself down to a desk and bash on a keyboard when you know you can direct lots of films, because directing films is fun and interactive and gregarious. Writing isn't. "

" The best thing to do is find one person in your life and try to love them unconditionally. If you've accomplished that, you've accomplished a lot. "

" We are not that flash, me or the missus. In fact, we are quite low-maintenance. "

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" I got into film-making because I was interested in making entertaining movies, which I felt there was a lack of. "

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" I love fatherhood. I could bang on about kids forever. "

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" The idea is that that there is no such thing as an external enemy. "

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" The English countryside is the most staggeringly beautiful place. I can't spend as much time there as I like, but I like everything about it. I like fishing, I like clay- pigeon shooting. "

" All the other guys I think had a scream on Lock, Stock. They just had a laugh and a crack, and thought it would never come out; they were just having a good time. On this one, I felt that. "

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