I haven't got a writer's discipline.

I see myself as a small 'l' liberal, but not coalition liberal, necessarily.

I do always like to do things I haven't done before, so I'm always looking out for things in a different genre, or a different sort of character.

In today's politics, it would be good to have politicians who are more upfront about what they felt and actually not trying to bend with every breeze. They're infuriating, all of them.

The films I enjoy seeing are those that reveal lives I was unaware of... in different cultures or whatever.

You can't be angsty all day or else it becomes a sort of pale angst.

I'm not that comfortable with actors receiving honours, partly because I think they ought to go to those who really help others.