i just accepted actually, a lot more of what's going to happen will happen. and i think that was the lesson of lockdown, really, because we were not really in control, so the lesson was to let go — let go of the stress of trying to compete or get your projects made to the point where you get really stressed and just accept that things will happen the way they're going to happen. when you think about your work nowadays, are you just as enthusiastic about making a film as you were when you did bend it like beckham 20 years ago? i haven't changed. i am still incredibly motivated to push that envelope. you know, that's how i see it. i'm very keen to get back in the director's chair because i miss it. it's a buzz is to keep trying to shift people's perceptions and to, you know, make people understand the vagaries