We live in a time where there's an alienation factor. There's a certain disconnection. We don't have any real sense of community anymore.

I am a little suspicious of industry paradigms. I feel like so many movies and TV shows feel so familiar because of over-reliance on these paradigms.

I'm used to American actors who have a movie career thinking television acting is beneath them.

I really love storytelling, and I love the stories as they reveal themselves. It's an incredibly nourishing process; it's probably the closest I come to having a religion.

If a scene is longer than three pages, it better be for a good reason.

I would say try to tell stories that you care about as opposed to stories that you think will sell.

I felt pride, wonderful pride, when I was captain. It was an honour to take over from Labby. Anybody who has ever captained a big club, which Everton are, will tell you it's a great honour.