I wanted to be a journalist for a long time.

The reason I do small, independent movies is because I want to keep my soul intact and maintain some kind of integrity within this industry.

Any time you can completely immerse yourself in something it's fun.

I'm a hard-mouthed north-eastern lad. That's me - the Eminem of Northeast England.

If you're living two lives and you're lying to everyone, you're bound to slip up, in some way, you're bound to get something wrong, and you're bound to get found out.

I think a mantra I always told myself is, "No matter how many times somebody pitches the ball at you, if you swing every time, eventually one of them is going to connect." Being yourself and persistence are two things that became my daily mantras, I suppose.

When you have a child, you are just immediately changed forever. You put yourself second. Your child comes first, and everything that you do is with them in mind.