I look at my contemporaries, and we're all at different stages and levels, and all choosing different routes, different ways to do things.

Saying "muff" to someone and trying to be romantic is incredibly difficult.

I think I have much more appreciation for directing and movies overall versus a performance or an actor. Their body of work is more interesting.

I wanted to be a journalist for a long time.

I have, I think, eight mentors. It's crazy, but I need them. They are all really important to me. They keep me grounded and advise me.

I'm proud of my works. But there's not one thing that I can put my finger on and say, "That is my greatest achievement. That's my proudest moment." That's so tricky to me.

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