The movie business is based on criminals. Some of them are in movies and some of them make movies.

I don't say: 'can't do that', 'won't do that'. I've never thought in that way about work. The genuine truth, and I do think about this a lot, is that I'm one of the least competitive people you'll ever meet. Except with myself.

Being on your own would be sad, sick and weird. I don't trust myself. I need that balance.

I want people to treat me as normally as they can. Anybody who doesn't, I feel awkward with.

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.

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

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