The problem with being British... I don't know if it's me being British or being raised a strict Catholic, but you never really enjoy success.

Everybody knows Aaron Sorkin's scripts. There's a huge amount of lines. There's a huge amount of interchange. You gotta do a lot of learning to be able to get it up to pace.

The awards season gives a chance for independent films to have a bit of longevity in the press and the media.

Film industry is a pretty brutal business. If you fall too far behind, all of the perfectionism in the world won't save you.

I'd love to do a cop film in America. That's a genre I absolutely adore.

The great thing about space films generally, with the exception of Apollo 13, is that big stars tend not to work in space and I think that's because space is an equaliser. It makes everyone the same really and suits an ensemble cast and actors who are prepared to work with each other.

I like action movies, even though I think action movies are kind of derided now. But there is something extraordinary about action movies, which is absolutely linked to the invention of cinema and what cinema is and why we love it.