Two or three notes of music can instantly make you feel sad or tense or afraid or angry. To do that in words is much more difficult.

Over the years, I've loved being on stage with an orchestra, waving my hands around.

I quite like post-apocalyptic films, things like 'Mad Max' for instance, because they are so full on and there is something quite cleansing about the post-apocalyptic because you can see where we all think we're heading.

Everybody uses mime and gesture in real life, though we don't realize it. It's very useful as a performance technique, though it can be boring to watch on its own.

[There] is no class so dangerous as the idle educated.

On a film set everyone is very cool. Well, blase really.

I don't do that many appearances at conventions. I like to keep them special for me. And for the fans, I hope.