“Infernal Affairs” is a very good example of why I love the Hong Kong Cinema. “The Departed” is inspired by but is not a remake of that film. Scripter William Monahan is an Irish-American from Boston, so he plaed the story and charcaters in that specific milieu”–Scorsese

World-premiere Toronto Fest

“I saw our movie as the story of a man who's been asleep for most of his life and suddenly wakes up and realizes he has very little time left and that he has to do something we all would like to do in some way‚Äîchange our story. I thought it was a fantastic script, a very funny comedy with heart and soul”–Director Forster

Our most important accomplishment is the focus of the story about real young men whose lives hang in the balance because of the choices they make as youths. Perhaps after seeing this movie, a few young men won?¢¬Ä¬ôt make the kinds of mistakes that may cost them their lives and will choose instead to become a functional part of society?¢¬Ä–Dwayne (The “Rock”) Johnson.

I was acutely aware that I was stepping into a potential minefield by playing a person as famous and mysterious as the present monarch. Given the iconic status of the Queen, I was terrified. I was probably more nervous about this role than almost any other role I‚Äôve ever done. To set herself at ease in the role, I worked from the outside in, starting with the Queen‚Äôs uniquely upper-crust speech patterns and then getting closer to her essence as a mother, grandmother, and national figurehead–Helen Mirren.

There were many surprises along the way: ?¢¬Ä¬úI didn?¢¬Ä¬ôt know that Charles had been afraid for his life the week Diana was killed. But the biggest surprise is not coming to terms with the extent that we in Britain haven?¢¬Ä¬ôt worked out what we want from our Royals. If we want to abolish them, we should abolish them. If we want to keep them, then let?¢¬Ä¬ôs define that, but let?¢¬Ä¬ôs stop torturing them?¢¬Ä–Peter Morgan