I think that sometimes in theater, I don't prepare much beyond going to the rehearsals.

What I notice about people who are gifted in filmmaking is that they're great thinkers. They engage with big ideas and they engage with people.

Your one certainty in life, your power as a human being, is that you have a choice in every situation about what you do next and about how you take what has happened to you.

Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.

I think the sensation of being moved by a piece of art is something that is really good for a person's soul.

When I finished my A-levels, I assumed I'd be able to get work as an actor. But I couldn't. I didn't get an audition. Nothing. So I thought I'd better train and then the parts would come.

The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.