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.

It's fatal to talk about acting. It sounds faintly ridiculous if you start analysing it.

I love a really good storyline.

I like reflecting the culture I understand best, spotting the idiosyncrasies of British people and revealing them to an audience in a way that amuses is what I find fun.

I love French films, and European films. They're not any bigger, but there's just a sort of definition, and a confidence, and strength to them. I'd always, given the option, go and see a French drama. Obviously, we probably get the better ones. But they're just sophisticated on many levels, and grown up, and quite profound - and we don't make films like that.

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

In fact I'd like to go back and live in Shakespeare's London.