Lenny Abrahamson

I'm a bit of a late developer, generally. But the good thing about being a filmmaker is you still count as young all the way through your 40s.

I was a bachelor for a long time, and I got into all these really lazy habits work-wise. I'd just work as long as I wanted into the night. There was no structure.

I was interested in the narrative of how we nurture our elite in this society: all that stuff about believing in yourself and not accepting second best. Our inner world is at odds with that.

I've always tried to stay behind the scenes, and I intend to keep it that way.

I wish being a beekeeper, which I am, gave you a free pass on the carbon footprint, but it doesn't.

I would never create an image for myself; I'm not that clever.