Gurinder Chadha

I was a journalist when I made 'I'm British But...' I'd seen how important the media was in terms of defining Indians - after the riots in the '80s, I was like, 'Oh my God!'

I can't stand films where parents are portrayed as old and doddery, and ignore their kids.

You'd be surprised how hard it is getting the human emotional arc in a script to work. Ultimately a director stands and falls by their ability to do that.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

I don't see any possibility of Britain and the U.S. allowing a sovereign independent Iraq; that's almost inconceivable.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.