John Carney

I think ultimately audience members like to see someone controlling the quality of a film. A lot of films you see are made by committees and studios and producers.

After a couple of attempts at making shorts, I decided to make a feature film with a friend, Tom Hall, whom I've worked with ever since.

It's very hard to tell an actor, 'Stop acting.' It's easy to tell a non-actor, because they're embarrassed when they act. They get ashamed when they do something cliche, whereas an actor is happy.

I think for any actor, for the roles they deeply, truly want? They always have to audition for them.

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

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.