Any planning that I have in my career is totally accidental really.

I like the idea of movies having a magic element. How many times have you seen an actor in a movie who you know only as the character? It's wonderful, isn't it?

And I not only inherited an aversion to the nine-to-five routine, but the sense from my parents that being bored and boring is the worst thing that you can be.

If you're doing your job properly, you take the risk of feeling slightly foolish and delve in and bring out the emotions.

I think mostly it's the adventure that I will have in making the movie. That's what I look for.

I met my grandfather just before he died, and it was the first time that I had seen Dad with a relative of his. It was interesting to see my own father as a son and the body language and alteration in attitude that comes with that, and it sort of changed our relationship for the better.

The interesting thing about a movie is the movie.