You learn an enormous lot through failure.

I think at the prospect of bringing children into the world, your mortality comes very much to the forefront, absolutely.

I'm not focused on what other people think of me.

The less one can think about oneself, the more interesting and attractive one becomes.

Perhaps being a parent has changed career more in that you ask yourself how long you'll be away from home. My eldest child is approaching school age so that becomes more important. They're less portable.

In the current climate, things that are true, brave human stories become political.

Becoming artistic directors is an enormous responsibility and not one that we take lightly.