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.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

There's never been anything I didn't love that I didn't connect with on a personal level because, to some degree, I projected upon it.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.