“It’s probably the most pessimistic, downbeat film about America ever made, because no one wins anything, everything’s sad, there’s no happy ending. On any level. [laughs]”

“You have to give Terry, Tom Stoppard, and Charles McKeown credit for explaining what was wrong with the world in very elegant strokes that are alien to us because the world is not our own, but it is incredibly familiar because it is absolutely our own.”

“…voiceover is normally criminal in a film, in a way, because it actually robs you of what you’re meant to do. You’re meant to be experiencing a visual journey. But it’s so perfect, “Never get out of the boat, absolutely goddamn right.” It’s the greatest use of voiceover.”

“We would constantly do impressions of the commuter before he starts getting chased and he’s standing on the platform alone, which to be honest would be very rare at Tottenham Court Road, where it’s strange to see one person alone any time of day or night.”