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.

When you research someone, you actually get beyond your own preconceptions and become aware of the human being other than the image. You become empathetic and sympathetic in turn.

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

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

We seem to have reached the age where life stops giving us things and starts taking them away.

I love a really good storyline.

Sweet Jesus, war does terrible things to people.