Sometimes people get really sniffy about the films you choose if you've done more dramatic projects or you're classically trained.

Pantomime is a big thing in the cultural calendar of my country, you know. So subtlety's not my forte.

It's interesting, for me sappy means sentimental and something that gets you in your heart, gets you emotional. That's what I mean. Also, of course, it means that I'm slightly setting up the audience that there's a bit of fun involved, as well.

It's really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves.

Finally, the scariest thing about abuse of any shape or form, is, in my opinion, not the abuse itself, but that if it continues it can begin to feel commonplace and eventually acceptable.

Romeo is the most misunderstood character in literature, I think. He's hardcore to play because he's displaying the characteristics of Hamlet at the beginning, and, well, then everything else happens.

Macbeth was the first play I ever read.