I'm an atheist. I suppose you can call me a sort of libertarian anarchist. I regard religion with fear and suspicion. It's not enough to say that I don't believe in God. I actually regard the system as distressing: I am offended by some of the things said in the Bible and the Qur'an and I refute them.

I present the nominees, well, not me the Voice of God, for Best Screenplay.

Maybe I don't take myself so seriously any more. And I don't care how I'm judged. I'm past all that.

My worst quality is impatience.

The films I've made for children have been my hardest work, my best, because kids deserve the best.

I'm an atheist. I suppose you can call me a sort of libertarian anarchist. I regard religion with fear and suspicion. It's not enough to say that I don't believe in God. I actually regard the system as distressing: I am offended by some of the things said in the Bible and the Qur'an and I refute them.

It’s about time a 55-year-old British woman is the heroine of an action movie. I may have to write it.