I love imaginative representations of a possible near-future, where you look at the technology and you think, "Well, yeah, that could really nearly be true." I like those kinds of backgrounds.

Often in America people would assume that [as an English actor] you've had some sort of deep, classical training, or that you're a Shakespeare enthusiast. I have zero interest in me performing Shakespeare.

When you've been going on about something for a while, it is always satisfying to discover that other people agree with you.

When a movie is called 'searingly honest,' it's almost invariably grim and demonstrates how bad things can get.

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

Anyone who can do the splits and come back up on the backbeat, as James Brown and Prince can, has my eternal respect. Prince, who is a genius of the highest order, can come back up while singing and playing the guitar.

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