Stephen Frears

I like making films about different cultures. I'm interested in things that I've never encountered before. I try to put myself in the audience's position.

I remember reading the script for 'Dangerous Liaisons' and thinking that I could quite happily spend the rest of my life watching this film; the story and the writing were so wonderful.

To be successful at anything, you need the right to fail, not just occasionally.

Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.

I love Hindi films.

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.