If I wanted to make spy movies for the rest of my life, that would be one thing, but I don't want to just make spy movies.

I genuinely was just such a fan of the books. When I heard that this was on the cards, I've got to do this; I've got to get involved with this. I'm such a Philip Pullman fan and actually his philosophies, morals and the way he looks at the world. He does what he does brilliantly as a writer. He writes children's stories with major adult themes and major ideas about making the right choices.

It didn't even really matter how good the band was - if someone could keep a beat, then you were prepared to jump up and down and smash around.

I love vodka martinis. I know it's a cliché.

Good scripts are hard to find.

I'm definitely not satisfied about my career. I don't know how you can be, it's the very nature of things.

When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.