I think both of us [ with Steve Oram], once we decided to do comedy, knew that we would have to come to London to do that.

If you can make someone believe that you believe in the idea then I think that's worth a lot.

It's nice to think people might be talking about it after they've seen it. With some comedies it's a bit 'wham bam thank you ma'am', and then you just go for a pizza.

I think it's very easy to get discouraged early on.

So many films end up being filmed in London or in the same places over and over again.

I think 99% of the whole thing is to have passion about the idea yourself. I think part of your job as a filmmaker is to tell someone that might not think it's going to work that, actually, it will work.

When I was a kid the highlight of my week would be doing a fossil hunt at the local quarry... that kind of thing.