It's nice to get your glad rags on for awards like the Baftas, but it doesn't happen all the time.

The comfort zone is the great enemy to creativity; moving beyond it necessitates intuition, which in turn configures new perspectives and conquers fears.

I don't think many people get to play big emotions in life.

It's nice to get your glad rags on for awards like the Baftas, but it doesn't happen all the time.

What was interesting was talking to older gay men about what it was like being gay in the Eighties.

At the age of 11 I was about 6 ft. tall and my voice had completely broken. That caused problems. I was this gangly, spotty, very unattractive kid. I wasn't cool and I wasn't a nerd. I didn't even want to fit in with anyone.

I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.