They seem much rarer now, those auteur films that come out of a directors imagination and are elliptical and hermetic. All those films that got me into independent cinema when I was watching it seem thin on the ground. – Toby Jones
I teach for the Book Trust, which promotes reading and writing with children. – Toby Jones
I heard about the project over a year before we began. My American agent said, Oh, you might want to read In Cold Blood because theyre talking about you for Capote, but the scripts with Johnny Depp and Sean Penn at the moment. So, these things take their time to dribble down the food chain. – Toby Jones
I studied Hitchcock a little bit at University and knew the famous story about the Birds – that hed tortured Tippi for a day using real birds. I had no idea that it was a five-day onslaught and that it was the tip of an iceberg that carried on through to another film. – Toby Jones
Its a great excuse and luxury, having a job and blaming it for your inability to do your own art. When you dont have to work, you are left with the horror of facing your own lack of imagination and your own emptiness. A devastating possibility when finally time is your own. – Julian Schnabel