Doctor Who is pretty dark, I think. Generally its dark; its always been dark.

If I'd been offered 'Spider-Man,' I probably would have done it. I don't think it's bad to go and do those things.

I think CGI is interesting but it's too expensive and limiting in terms of what you can do shot-by-shot.

Film is more of a dream when you're younger. I found it almost impossible to see how you would get into the industry having no connections, nobody in the family being anywhere near it and never meeting anybody that had been on a set.

You can muscle your way to the top as long as you're part of the production, which I am. I'm knitted into the money, so it's very hard to extricate me from the decision-making dynamic.

The reality of any location in Britain being used in a TV program of a film is that something bad is going to happen! That's the nature of drama. Most of the things that get made or basically grisly detective shows about murders, accidents or medical dramas.

I genuinely try to make movies I'd want to go and see, movies that are a bit more challenging.