James Marsh Quotations

I did 'Red Riding,' which is TV in the U.K. It became a feature project in North America, but we're in a great era of TV. We all know that, and we hear it all the time, but for filmmakers, it's just a godsend to have your television writing and work to do on television, and the means to do it properly.

I can be prickly and difficult on set.

The score, which comes often quite later in a film, can help reinvigorate your emotional engagement with it.

I wanted to be a police detective. In my work, particularly in documentaries, I am obsessed with finding things out, seeking ever-new facts and perspectives - each project can involve years of research.

Usually, with the work I've done, by the end, I usually feel like it's a failure. It doesn't matter how it's received.

I love America, but I've now got two young kids and America has changed so much since 9/11 and Bush. It's beyond Orwellian. The idea in '1984' that if you keep saying you're being attacked then you can get away with anything has come true.

I've always worked very efficiently on small budgets, both in documentaries and in features.

Black holes are pretty scary when you ponder them. They seem nihilistic, infinitely destructive on an inconceivable scale, notwithstanding the ideas of Hawking radiation.

The issue often with films is how it works with money and trying to get a visible movie star presence in the film.

I find films incredibly emotional. That's the power of the medium.