If you think about the traditional mafia stories we grew up on, it is always about the death of criminal organisations -… — James Watkins Always Copy Share Image
The opportunity to be able to tell long-form character stories is something that TV affords and is therefore a terrain that a… — James Watkins Character Copy Share Image
We want 'McMafia' to be a tense gangster story but also a family story. It's a collusion of those two worlds. — James Watkins Family Copy Share Image
We think criminality is something that exists in somehow another world to us. But actually, there is an invisible criminal web in… — James Watkins Another world Copy Share Image
As a screenwriter, you are so used to things going in directions that you wouldn't have taken, so to be able to… — James Watkins Directing Copy Share Image
Parents fear for their children. Absolutely, I think it's a deep and troubling theme to explore. — James Watkins Children Copy Share Image
There are a lot of horror films out there that are nasty, but what's nasty isn't necessarily scary. — James Watkins Horror Copy Share Image
If you look at 'The Sopranos,' there's this notion of a criminal element on its last legs. — James Watkins Crime Copy Share Image
If you look around in London, there is a lot of dirty money. People see it as a safe haven: a bolthole… — James Watkins Country Copy Share Image
Television is ever more ambitious, more akin to the Victorian novel with multiple narratives and more discursive material. — James Watkins Ambitious Copy Share Image
There's nothing worse in television than what I call 'poor man's Jerry Bruckheimer.' — James Watkins Man Copy Share Image
I've got lots of friends who would just think, 'Horror movies - they're crap, aren't they?' I think there's a cultural snobbery… — James Watkins Friends Copy Share Image
Where previously the international underworld was a world of local, often-warring mafia territories, it has become globalised. The criminal has become corporate,… — James Watkins Become Copy Share Image
For action to work, you need an awful lot of coverage. Because if you do a fight sequence, you really need to… — James Watkins Action Copy Share Image
Chemistry's a weird thing. You can see actors who are friends in real life but have no screen chemistry. Then there are… — James Watkins Chemistry Copy Share Image
'The Godfather' is the talismanic giant that hangs over everything in the gangster genre. — James Watkins Everything Copy Share Image
The first series of 'McMafia' is very Alex Godman-centric and could continue to be, but we haven't even begun to explore the… — James Watkins America Copy Share Image
Rather than a horror film, a ghost story is different because a ghost is what you can't quite see. — James Watkins Film Copy Share Image
Filming in India was very special. The chaos, the noise, and the sensory overload was all really wonderful. It was a new… — James Watkins Chaos Copy Share Image
