Coming from a large family makes you feel protected - you have friends and allies.

I love humans; always seeing patterns in things that aren’t there.

Films are artifice. We're telling stories on film. At the same time, when it works, there is a real tough immediacy and spontaneity to it, and a punch.

I admire artists who are ageing and still retaining their edge.

If you're in the so-called public eye you have to watch your P's and Q's.

I think you can make perfectly good television just from people who are genuinely interested, talking to people who genuinely know - simple as it sounds, it can be riveting.

Brighton gives me the heebie-jeebies. When I'm near the seafront I can't sleep, I can't eat.