You would never dream of going on to play a scene in front of an audience at least without having rehearsed it. But you do somehow in front of a camera.

I'm doing my bit for the women's movement. The women have always been naked in movies, and now I'm just desperate to take my clothes off as much as possible.

I would encourage you as a screenwriter to trust your story and don't make notes for the actors or don't make notes for the reader.

I had extra thick light sabers because mine kept getting bent. I'd be halfway through a fight and it would be like 'Oops, sorry! Mine's bent again!

Then, one day, when you least expect it, the great adventure finds you.

Ultimately, you have to not worry about people thinking you should have played him differently. You're the one playing the part so it has to be yours.

The other two things are... well, I had a huge appetite for old black and white movies on BBC 2. At the weekends they used to run matinees, and the more romantic the better.