I don't pay much attention to career or what other people think. I've always been quite arrogant.

I wanted to go and explore the world, I guess. And I suddenly thought well, I'll just do it.

It's important, that spirit of youth, and when you're 16 that can get you kickstarted.

I was determined to make working with UNICEF not just something that I did on the trip but something I'd do for the rest of my life

I'm sent a script. I read the script. If I love it, I want to do it. And that's it I don't care who's in it, how much money is behind it, really to an extent who's directing it.

A million pounds sounds like a lot of money now that I'm saying it. But in terms of moviemaking, it's not a lot of money. And yet you can see what can be done with that, with the talent of a great cinematographer and great director and actors.

As a child I was taken to the pantomime or the theatre and I would always, always fall in love with somebody on the stage. And want to have sex with them.