I don't think of it as a competition - which might surprise you, given the way movies are reported constantly.

The perceived wisdom is that people do not go in large numbers to black-and-white movies anymore - which is a great shame, but I'd love to make a black-and-white movie one day.

There's good and bad in everybody. I wasn't looking for the good, or looking for the bad. This is a man who signed his pact with the devil 20 years ago, and he's learned to live with it. He's tried to protect his family from it.

I still can't quite believe it. Although there was something about the fact that it was a first-time writer, a first-time producer, and a first-time director all at the same time.

Shooting action is very, very meticulous, it's increments, tiny little pieces.

The characters are trapped within the lifestyle. It's about what goes on before the movie starts.