I like American black soul music, that was my first big enthusiasm.

I quoted David Hare one of his lines the other day to illuminate whatever point we were trying to make in the conversation, and I said 'What play was that?' and he said 'It was your line, you said it about a hundred and fifty times in The Vertical Hour.'

I don't even own a car.

I don't dislike the process of animation... I find it daunting, but only as much as I find everything daunting.

I used to think that prizes were damaging and divisive, until I got one, and now they seem sort of meaningful and important.

My dad had a personal style which was very attractive. It was quite reserved and quite elegant, and it was infectious.

I'm a jacket man. And if I'm without one, I am kind of seriously disabled. I don't know how to operate in shirt sleeves.