I like the little bit of distance that London affords me and I like living in a world capital. I like having the culture at my fingertips.

I feel very lucky to be making good work still. The confidence of youth, or that sort of competitiveness you get when you're 22 or 23, the impatience - that's probably been tempered. Hopefully I'm slightly better company.

I'd probably have been wealthier if I had stayed with law, but pretty miserable doing it.

I started off in theater; I did exclusively theater for four or five years. In the last few years, television has come along but I can still make film. I feel very privileged that I can move between them.

I like being at home with my music and my books. I’ve done all the partying, I’ve done enough partying for four or five people as a young fella. But now I like the quiet life.

I always think it's a sign of a truly gifted director when they can move seamlessly between genres.

My wife can see always how a part affects me personally because she has to live with it.