Twelve years on sets watching directors, I've taken a bit from everybody and rejected a lot.

I care more about telly because it made me an actor and there's a much more immediate response to TV. You can address the political or cultural fabric of your country.

I used my instincts. It's very easy to imagine how you'd feel, actually. I just had to tell the narrative.

I think the themes of belonging and parentage and love are obviously universal.

I wasn't always such a great fan of Shakespeare, mind you. I can guess we all at one time had it rammed down our necks at school, which tends to take the edge off it.

The film is about Joe discovering who his mother and father are and his relationship with them, and the identity crisis he goes through once he finds out who his parents are.

I don't like to watch playback. But being on the set, watching the way the camera is being moved and the way the light is being used, you do get an idea of it.