I think directing in a team is a really good idea because it stops the cult of the director as God straight away, and also you're discussing things on set so it opens it out to everyone and it becomes a totally collaborative thing. And you have someone who supports you when you're feeling a bit insecure.

In my first year at drama school, I did this kids' show called 'Let's See.

I have no regrets in my life even the crazy things I've been in. It all made me the I am today and I wouldn't change anything. I'm happy with who I am!

So the experts think we could have an AIDS-free generation in Africa by 2015, even if the mothers are positive.

I come more to Scotland than I ever used to, so I feel more connected to it, more part of the zeitgeist. You know when you realize you have a choice and I'm choosing my homeland. It's funny: when you get older these things creep up to you.

I love a film where I get squished by two dumpsters or I fly through the air.

He ... knew, in that instant, that his life would not be an easy one-he was different, he looked different, he thought differently.